Management

Graeme Hossie (Managing Director)
Graeme co-founded London Mining in 2005 and has been instrumental in building the Group from inception. In his roles developing the Company as Finance Director, Corporate Development Officer and Deputy Managing Director and, since February 2009, as Chief Executive, he has driven fund raisings and share placings of over USD295 million, asset and company acquisitions and joint venture partnerships, the establishment of off-take and strategic relationships, the Company's listings on Oslo Axess and the London AIM, growth of and subsequent disposal of the Group's Brazilian operations and the overall development of the Group's expanding iron and coal projects and international management team. Prior to founding the Company, Graeme ran a venture development consultancy assisting resource and high growth venture companies and has founded and developed new ventures as principal adviser and executive in several industries including natural resources, media and consumer products. Graeme was previously a management consultant with Bain and Company in London, and in venture capital and innovation consulting with Piper Trust. Graeme holds a business degree from Ivey at the University of Western Ontario.

Rachel Rhodes (Finance Director)
Rachel has over 10 years' experience in the mining sector, of which the last five years were in key financial roles with Anglo American plc. Rachel most recently served as Lead Corporate Finance Manager within Anglo American's corporate finance department where she played a key role in the demerger of Mondi plc, Anglo's paper and packaging business, which was dual listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. Rachel also led Anglo American’s conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards. Rachel is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having qualified with Coopers & Lybrand in London in 1996. She is a graduate of Cambridge University.

Luciano Ramos (COO of Iron Ore Division)
Luciano is a Mining Engineer and has worked for over twenty-three years in the Brazilian mining industry including 15 years at CVRD/Vale between 1992 and 2007. He has also worked on international projects in Australia and Chile. Luciano has particular expertise in the following: management and coordination of process engineering at iron, gold, bauxite, kaolin and manganese plants; project implementation for both greenfield and brownfield operations; project coordination for the manufacturing of mineral processing equipment; management of processing operations; and technological research and development.

Felix Kayat (Deputy COO)
Felix joined London Mining in February 2009. A Chemical Engineer by training, Felix has over 34 years’ experience in industrial production management, project supervision and construction management, new business development and completion of economic feasibility studies. Before joining London Mining he was employed by MPX Energia in Colombia developing resources and logistics solutions to supply coal from Colombia to Brazil and Chile. Felix spent the formative years of his career with Vale working on iron ore, coal and steel projects in Brazil, China, Colombia and Mozambique.

Benjamin Lee (Head of Corporate Development)
Benjamin is involved in all financial and strategic aspects of current and future projects. Prior to joining London Mining in early 2009, Benjamin was head of UK Mergers & Acquisitions at Kaupthing Bank from 2007 to 2008. Among a number of transaction completed there, he was the lead adviser to London Mining on the disposal of their Brazilian iron ore mine. Prior to joining Kaupthing, Benjamin worked for 13 years in Mergers & Acquisitions at UBS in London and New York, advising on a wide variety of transactions for large and mid-sized companies. Benjamin graduated from Cambridge University in 1993 with an MA in Economics.

Thomas Credland (Head of Investor Relations)
Thomas is a geologist and joined London Mining in April 2009. Prior to joining London Mining, he was an institutional equity salesman in the highly successful mining and metals team at Canaccord Adams that raised in excess of $1billion in new equity for a number of high profile iron ore and coal companies. Prior to this, Thomas was a mining analyst for Brook Hunt and Associates, working on their base metal and gold cost studies. Thomas has spent time working in exploration and development most notably at Xstrata’s Windimurra Vanadiam Project in Western Australia. He has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Mineral Project Appraisal from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College.

Rohit Bhoothalingam (Head of Legal, Company Secretary)
Rohit Bhoothalingam joined London Mining in December 2008. Prior to this he was Head of Legal at Navigator, a natural resource focussed hedge fund. His background is in project finance and corporate law with Wilmer Hale, New York and London; and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York. Rohit studied law at Cambridge University and holds a Masters in Law from Georgetown University Law Centre. He qualified from the New York Bar in 1999.

Phillip Stirling (General Manager for Mineral Processing, Engineering & Mining Operations)
Phillip Stirling joined London Mining in May 2009 from BHP Billiton where he occupied senior management positions at the Mount Keith, Kalgoorlie and Ravensthorpe nickel operations. Phillip is a metallurgical engineer with over 30 years experience mostly in iron ore. He spent the formative years of his career in Brazil working as a senior member of production teams on concentrator and pellitising plants as well as railway and port operations. Phillip emigrated to Australia in 1998 where he worked for two years as manager of the pellet plant and port operations at Australian Bulk Minerals’ Savage River Mine.

Sergio Guedes (General Manager for Mineral Resources)
Sergio Guedes joined London Mining in May 2009. Sergio is a geologist with twenty five years iron ore experience in Brazil, Australia, Saudi Arabia and West Africa with Vale and Rio Tinto. He has particular expertise in the coordination of geology programmes for resource expansion and mine planning. Sergio holds an MBA from the Dom Cabral Foundation.

David Keili (Project Director for Marampa, Sierra Leone)
David joined London Mining in early 2009. He is a registered professional engineer and Sierra Leone national, with extensive western training in the US including an MBA and has 28 years experience in civil engineering and mining. David was previously [Project Manager] at Sierra Rutile.

David Owen (Project Director for Wadi Sawawin, Saudi Arabia)
David Owen is a civil engineer with over 35 years of experience in oil & gas, power and civil engineering most notably with Lurgi GmbH, Uhde GmbH (part of Thyssen Krupp Group), Technip (Mannesmann Demag Energie und Umwelttechnik) in the Middle East. David’s particular expertise is in contract and procurement management.

Xiaogang Hu (Project Director for Isua, Greenland)
An engineer specialising in cold regions with 28 years experience, Dr Xiaogang Hu has been involved extensively in design and construction phases on mining projects in the Canadian Arctic Region. Of particular note is his work on the Voiseys Bay nickel and Diavik diamond projects.