David Gower

David Gower has over 25 years of experience in the minerals industry including senior positions with Falconbridge and Noranda (now Xstrata). He was previously a senior executive of several Forbes & Manhattan group companies. Mr Gower has a strong record of exploration and project development in Brazil including the Araguaia nickel deposits, Autazes potash discoveries, acquisition of the Irati Energia oil shales, and is the corporate qualified person for all resource and geological work on Brazil’s largest underdeveloped gold deposit. He is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and of the Canadian Institute of Mining.