Mark Edelstein (CFO)

Former head of Warrior (Metals & Mining corporate finance division of Standard Bank), New York .

Mark has over 15 years experience in the finance arena of natural resources. Mark started his work experience at Amerada Hess as a credit analyst for the oil company's trading companies. Mark followed this as credit and risk manager at Sumitomo Corporation in charge of energy and metals.

Mark then became employed at Gerald Metals (major metals trading company with over $1 billion in revenues) from 1992-1998. Mark started as Head of Credit and was then promoted to Director of Structured Finance. While Director of Structured Finance, Mark arranged in excess of $500 million in structured transactions over a period of three years (mainly in the precious metals sector).

Mark spent the past 5 years at Standard Bank's metals and mining corporate finance division in New York , advising resource companies on mergers and acquisitions, asset sales (mines and processing operations), project finance and other strategic advisory work. When he left he was head of the division in New York .

Mark officially left Standard Bank in late 2003 to start up Auramet.

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