Senior Management

Kingsgate’s executives have a comprehensive range of skills and experience including mine development and operations, exploration, finance and administration. They are supported by highly qualified specialists, whose backgrounds cover the full scope of mining resources activities.

Some of the senior members of Kingsgate’s management team are:

Gavin Thomas

BSc (Geology), FAusIMM

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Gavin Thomas has had a successful career in developing mining companies from the exploration phase into mid-tier gold or copper producers. He has over 40 years of international experience in exploring for, evaluating, developing, operating and reclaiming mines in North and South America, Australia, the Southwest Pacifi c, Asia and Europe. Amongst Gavin’s credits is the discovery of “Lihir” in Papua New Guinea, one of the largest gold deposits in the world. In particular, he has extensive experience in Thailand and South America.

Gavin was appointed CEO of Kingsgate in 2004 and joined the Kingsgate Board on 16th November 2007. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the TSX listed company Mercator Minerals Limited and Chairman of the ASX listed company Laguna Resources NL.

Duane Woodbury

BEc (Hons)

Chief Financial Officer

Duane Woodbury was appointed CFO of Kingsgate on 1 September 2011. Duane has a BEc (Hons) Degree and has worked in various fi nancial, accounting and advisory roles during his career in a number of locations, including London, New York and Singapore. He has been assisting Kingsgate in its business development initiatives since August 2007 and brings over 18 years of experience in fi nancial markets and corporate fi nance transactions, principally with the Macquarie Group.

Joel Forwood

Bsc (Hons) FFin

General Manager Corporate and Markets

Joel Forwood joined Kingsgate in November 2010 and has over 25 years experience in the resource and investment industries covering investor relations, funds management and exploration. For over 10 years, he has been leading investor relations at a number of listed companies, most recently for Lihir Gold Limited. Prior to this he was a fund manager with Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) following his early career in mineral exploration with BHP and corporate development with RGC.

Ross Coyle

BA, FCPA, FCIS

General Manager Finance and Administration Company

Secretary

Ross Coyle joined Kingsgate in March 2011 following the Company’s acquisition of Dominion Mining Limited. He is a qualifi ed accountant and was with the Dominion group for over 20 years and has over 25 years experience in fi nance and accounting within the resource industry. He was Finance Director of Dominion from 1996. Ross was appointed Kingsgate’s Company Secretary on 1 September 2011.