Investor Presentaiton
Experienced Management & Consultants
High quality management, exploration and technical personnel
ALPHA
EXPLORATION
Michael Hopley - BSc (Geology), London University (1970), Member of American Institute of Professional Geologists - President & CEO.
More than 30 years of international experience. Now with Azarga Metals.
Has held Executive & Board positions with companies such as Gold Fields Mining, Bema Gold Corp. Arizona Star, & Tournigan Energy.
Between 2004 & 2016 Michael was President and CEO of Sunridge Gold Corp (TSX listed) that owned the Asmara Project (Eritrea). During this time, Sunridge raised and
spent over $80 million exploring and discovering many deposits including the 80 million tonne Emba Derho copper-zinc-gold VMS deposit. Sunridge completed a
bankable feasibility study on four of the deposits in 2014 and sold the project to a large Chinese company in 2016.
Alasdair Smith - BSc (Geology), Victoria University, New Zealand (1982), Member AusIMM - Technical Director
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More than 30 years experience as a Geologist in Australia & Africa. Instrumental in discoveries & developments that went on to
producing mines on both continents.
Discoveries:
Australia (Jundee NW & Main Zone Au deposits, Enterprise ISCG deposit) Guinea (Boukaria Au deposit) Eritrea (Zara Au deposit)
Developments: Australia (Banderol, Highway, Butcherbird, Kingfisher, Mystery, Culculli Au deposits & Jundee Au Mine)
Guinea (Siguiri Au Mine) - Tanzania (Buzwagi Au-Cu Mine & Nyamulilima Hill &, Nyanzaga Au deposits)
Eritrea (Zara Au Mine, Debarwa & Adi Nefas VMS deposits & Gupo Au deposit)
Tewelde Haile - BSc Honors (Geology), Addis Ababa University (1985), MSc, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur (1987-1988) Exploration Manager
More than 30 years work experience with Mineral Exploration companies and with the Geological Surveys of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Tewelde's MSc was on the geology of Kolar Gold Field (India) with special emphasis on fluid inclusion studies in gold sulphide-quartz lodes and Nandydroog massive
sulphides. Tewelde has worked in the Adola gold belt in Ethiopia and the Koka gold field in Eritrea (Zara gold mine) and has also been involved as a Lecturer at Asmara
University.
Michael Gazley - Ph.D. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2011), Member AusIMM - Consultant Geochemist
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Currently examining ways to utilise machine learning and data analytics to enhance interpretation of soil sample datasets with Projects in Eritrea, New Zealand,
Mozambique, Zambia and Australia. Previously, a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources.
Prior to joining CSIRO in 2013, Michael spent ~5 years working for Barrick Australia as an underground Geologist at Plutonic Gold Mine. During this time, he developed
portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) best practice and utilised pXRF to gain geological insights into mineral deposits. While at CSIRO he conducted research projects on a
wide range of deposits in the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, and the USA.
Lisa Orr - BSc (Hons) (Geology), Monash University, Australia (1981), MSc (Geology) Victoria University, New Zealand (1985), Member AusIMM, MGSNZ
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Consultant Data Manager & Analyst
More than 30 years experience in Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Solomon Islands, Philippines and Indonesia. Worked on Oil, base metal and gold projects in a
variety of settings and has been a key team member in a number of discoveries.
Lisa's MSc involved work on a Jurassic accretionary prism in New Zealand. The study focused on the nature of structural deformation and the development of tectonic
mélanges. Geochemical analysis was used to determine the origin of various lithologies.
Lisa has been in the forefront of developments in the industry for many years and in the early 1990's helped pioneer modern data management techniques as well as
the use of prospectivity analysis and the levelling and imaging of geochemical data.
Scott McKeag - BSc (Earth Science), California Polytechnic University-Pomona (1982), MSc (Geology), University of Otago, New Zealand (1987) - Consulting Geologist
More than 30 years' experience as a geologist in North America, the Middle East, Africa and Oceana
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Instrumental in discoveries and developments that resulted in producing mines, including; the Morningstar Gold Mine (IRGD) in California, Simberi Oxide Gold (hot
spring epithermal) in PNG, Macrae's (orogenic) in Otago, New Zealand and Jebel Ohier (porphyry) in the Red Sea State, Sudan
Designed the exploration drill program that led to the discovery of Jebel Ohier (2013-2017), the first recognized Neoproterozoic porphyry copper deposit in the
Arabian Nubian Shield, currently at 285 million tonnes at 0.44% Copper.View entire presentation