Peter G. Meredith
Director, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Meredith was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company from June 2007 to October 2009, and has been a Director since August 2003, and Chairman of the Board since October 2009. He has been the deputy chairman of the board of Ivanhoe since May 2006, was its chief financial officer from June 1999 to November 2001 and from May 2004 to May 2006 and has been a director since March 2005. He was the chief financial officer of Ivanhoe Capital Corp. from June 2001 to March 2009, and was its executive vice president from June 2001 to March 2002. He was chief financial officer of Ivanhoe Energy Inc., a TSX- and NASDAQ-listed company, from June 1999 to January 2000, having been a director from September 1996 to June 1999 and again since December 2007. He has 13 years experience in managerial and advisory roles in the mineral resources industry.
| Alexander Molyneux
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Molyneux joined the Company as President in April 2009. In October 2009 he was given the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer and appointed as a Director. Mr. Molyneux is based in Hong Kong, and was most recently Managing Director, Head of Metals & Mining Investment Banking, Asia Pacific, with Citigroup. Mr. Molyneux has spent approximately 10 years providing advice and investment-banking services to mining,metals and industrial corporations. He joined Citigroup from UBS in early-2007 as Head of Metals & Mining Investment Banking. Mr. Molyneux has been working with Asia-based clients since 2002. He advised on many significant merger and acquisition transactions in the metals and mining sector. Mr. Molyneux received his Bachelor degree in Economics from Monash University in Australia.
| Terry Krepiakevich
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Krepiakevich has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since June 2006. Mr. Krepiakevich has been a director of Alexco Resource Corp., a TSX- and NYSE-listed mineral resources company, since July 2009. He was previously the chief financial officer of Extreme CCTV Inc., a formerly TSX listed company (since acquired), from November 2000 to July 2006 and was also a director prior to that. Mr. Krepiakevich was the chief executive officer and a director of First Industrial Capital Corp. from September 1997 to March 2004. He was the vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Maynards
Industries from July 1988 to June 2000. Mr. Krepiakevich is a Chartered Accountant, certified by the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants in December 1979. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1974.
| Gavin May
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. May has been Chief Operating Officer of the Company since September 2009. Mr. May has 28 years'experience in the coal industry. Mr. May was a director of Noble Resources Australia Pty. Ltd., a trading company which is a member of Singapore Exchange-listed Noble Group, from January 2008 to August 2009. He was the chief executive officer and managing director of Gloucester Coal Ltd., an Australian Stock Exchange-listed coal company, and its predecessor company from July 2001 to July 2007, having been marketing director and manager of operational planning at the predecessor company from July 1997 to July 2001. He held several positions including coal handling and preparation plant superintendent at Ulan Coal Mines Ltd. from May 1992 to July 1997. He was chief geologist at Exxon Coal and Minerals Australia Ltd. from January 1991 to May 1992.
| Beverly A. Bartlett
Vice President & Corporate Secretary
Ms. Bartlett has been Corporate Secretary of the Company since August 2003 and a Vice President of the Company since May 2007. She has been the Vice-President of Ivanhoe since May 2006 and its corporate secretary since June 2001. She was the Vice President from May 2007 until May 2008 and corporate secretary from May 2003 to May 2008 of Jinshan Gold Mines Inc., a TSX-listed mineral resources company. She has been the vice president of Ivanhoe Energy Inc., a related TSX- and NASDAQ-listed oil and gas company, since August 2006 and has been its corporate secretary since May 2001, having been its assistant corporate secretary from June 1999 to May 2001. She has over 10 years' experience in managerial roles in the mineral resources industry. Ms. Bartlett was the corporate secretary of Credit Union Central of Canada from August 1993 to January 1997.
| David Bartel
Vice President, Mongolian Operations
Mr. Bartel has been Vice President of Mongolian Operations since September 2009, having been the General Manager of SGS since November 2007 and SGS' manager of engineering since joining the company in January 2007. He has over 30 years' experience in the mineral resources industry. He was formerly an independent consultant to the coal mining industry and a project manager and consultant to the coal and other mining industries with Wiley Consulting LLC. Starting in September 1982 he held various positions including Chief Engineer and Director of Environmental and Engineering Services for the Coal Division of Entech, Inc., the non-regulated arm of Montana Power Co., and various subsidiaries of that company. He was a mining engineer for Phillips Coal Co. from August 1981 to September 1982. From June 1979 to July 1981 he was a mining engineer for Utah International Co.
| Jess Harding
Vice President, Evaluations and Project Development
Mr Harding joined the Company in March 2009. He has also acted as the Vice President of evaluations and project development with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. since August 2008. Prior to this, he was Manager of Mining (July 2003 - August 2008) on the Oyu Tolgoi Project in Mongolia. He has held a number of senior management positions (including Mine Manager) whilst with Australian Bulk Minerals (July 1998 - December 2002) which owns and operates an iron ore mine in Tasmania. Mr. Harding began his career in the Pilbara region of Australia working in iron ore mines with Roche Brothers, a contracting firm, and later with Boral Resources in Melbourne, Australia, Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto Group) at Mt Tom Price (1996 - 1998) and HenryWalker before joining Ivanhoe. He has over 15 years of industry experience in operations and working on mine development through the various study and pre-production phases.
| Curtis Church
General Manager of Ovoot Tolgoi Coal Operations
Mr. Church has been the General Manager of Ovoot Tolgoi Coal Operations for SGS since July 2008, having worked as the Manager of Mining for SGS since January 2008. He has over 16 years' experience in the mineral resources industry. Mr. Church was the superintendent of mobile fleet management for the Boroo Gold Mine of Centerra Gold Corp., a TSX-listed mineral resources firm, beginning in March 2007, having been its general foreman and senior foreman from August 2006. From December 2003 to September 2004 he was a mine shift supervisor at the Rosebel Gold Mine for Cambior. From July 2000 to November 2003 he was a production team leader for the Ekati Diamond Mine of BHP Billiton, having formerly been its drill and blast team leader.
| Dr. Bat-Erdene Dash
General Manager, Exploration, Government, and Public Relations
Dr. Dash has been General Manager, Exploration and Government and Public Relations, since September 2009, having been the Exploration Manager for SGS since June 2007 and a project manager since September 2002. He has over 32 years' experience in the mineral resources industry. He was director of the Department of Geology and Mining Policy Development and Co-ordination at the
Ministry of Trade and Industry of Mongolia from October 2000 to August 2002. From September 1997 to October 2000 he was the director of the Gurvan Saikhan government joint venture. From March 1995 to August 1996 he was the chief geologist of the Mongolian Geological Survey. From January 1994 to March 1995 he was the chief geologist of the Mongol Alt Corp., a Mongolian government-owned joint venture company. He was an officer of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources from June 1993 to January 1994.
| Jay Gow
Vice President, Coal Marketing
Mr. Gow has been Vice President, Marketing of the Company since June 2009. He has been the Vice President, marketing of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. since May 2004. Mr. Gow has more than 25 years of experience in international and domestic resource marketing. Mr. Gow was a marketing manager with Peruvian mining firm Compania Minera Antamina S.A. from January 2001 to December 2003. He was Vice President of marketing with Argentine mining firm Minera Alumbrea Ltd. from July 1997 to September 2000, having been its product logistics and sales manager from February 1997 to July 1997. He was a sales manager from February 1995 to February 1997 and a transportation coordinator from April 1988 to January 1995 with Highland Valley Copper, a unit of TSX- and NYSE-listed mining firm Teck Resources. From June 1980 to March 1988 he was a transportation coordinator at the deep sea bulk terminal of Vancouver Wharves Ltd.
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SouthGobi Resources Limited (TSE:SGQ) (HKG:1878) is focused on exploration and development of its Permian-age metallurgical and thermal coal deposits in Mongolia's South Gobi Region. The Company's flagship coal mine, Ovoot Tolgoi, is producing and selling coal to customers in China. The Company plans to supply a wide range of coal products to markets in Asia.
