Frank Powell
Vice President

Frank has over 20 years experience in the exploration industry, the past 17 years have been with Placer Dome where his most recent role was the Exploration Manager for Africa. During his tenure with Placer Dome, Frank worked in variety of senior positions such as: General Manager of Global Exploration Development, Platinum Exploration Manager, Technical Assistant to the President & CEO, Project Manager (Venezuela, Nevada, South Africa) and Optimization Team Leader (South Africa). In his various roles, Frank has been directly responsible for: managing drilling programs with +20 rigs, negotiating, consummating & managing multi-million $US Joint ventures, and is directly associated with defining over 20M oz of Measured and Indicated Gold resources and over 15 M oz of Platinum Group Metals.

Industry Experience

2006-present Oro Gold Resources
1988-2006 Placer Dome Exploration
1985-1988 Mineral Industry (in USA)

Key Project/Deposit Involvement

Sedibelo, South Africa (Exploration Manager)
Cortez Gold Mine, Nevada, USA, (Mine Geologist)
Getchell Gold Mine, Nevada, USA (Exploration Manager)
South Deeps Gold Mine, South Africa (Optimization Team Leader)
Las Cristinas, Venezuela (Project Manager)

Education

B.Sc. Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado