Directors and Management
Latin Gold is focused on finding and developing projects in South America. In October 2002, we established an office in Santiago, Chile, and we established our main office in Lima in early 2005.
Directors & Consultants Resumes
Howard Dawson (Chairman)
Howard Dawson was appointed to the Board in December 2003. Mr Dawson had an 11 year career as a geologist before entering the securities industry as a research analyst in 1987. Over the subsequent 18 years he fulfilled a number of complimentary roles within the securities industry including research, corporate advisory, business development and management for firms including Hartley Poynton, McIntosh Securities, Merrill Lynch and ABN AMRO Morgan Limited.
Mr Dawson is a Director of Discovery Capital Limited and Richmond Mining Limited and a previous Director of Tangiers Petroleum Limited.
Mr Dawson is Chairman of the audit committee, and he is responsible for capital raisings, risk identification and the independent technical and financial overview of promoted projects.
Jim Malone (Director)
Jim Malone is a founding director of the Company. On 17 March 2010 Mr Malone ceased acting as Managing Director of the Company, remaining on the board as a non-executive director.
Mr Malone has worked successfully as an accountant, stockbroker, business analyst and CEO of a medium sized business for the past 24 years.
Mr Malone, a Commerce graduate from the University of Western Australia worked for Arthur Andersen accountants, Hartley Poynton stockbrokers, CSFB and Lehman Brothers merchant banks in London and for the West Coast Eagles and Richmond Football Clubs, the latter as CEO from 1994 to 2000.
Since 2000, Mr Malone has worked in the resources industry and has been involved with the start up, successful listing and ongoing management and development of eight ASX listed and two non-listed resource companies with a diverse range of commodities including gold, base metals, uranium, oil and gas and industrial minerals. These companies have operated projects in Latin America, Europe, Africa, the USA and Australia. Over the past 23 years Mr Malone has lived and worked in Perth, Melbourne, London and Santiago, Chile.Mr. Malone's role encompasses ongoing business development, capital raisings, investor relations, risk identification, corporate governance and financial management of the Company.
Mr Malone is also a Director of Richmond Mining Limited, Quest Petroleum NL, Forge Resources Limited, Exalt Resources Limited and Chariman of Australian-American Mining Corporation NL.
Past directorships include Atlantic Limited and NSL Consolidated Limited.
Michael Higginson (Non Executive Director)
Mr Higginson is the holder of a Bachelor of Business Degree and was appointed as Non-Executive Director on 31 August 2011.
Mr Higginson was formerly an executive officer with the Australian Securities Exchange and has, over the last 23 years, held numerous compnay secretarial and directorship roles with a range of public listed companies both in Australia and the UK. He also is a Director of Cape Range Limited and Discovery Capital Limited.
