Senior Management
Fabio Granitzio, PhD Engineering, Exploration Manager, Saudi Arabian Projects
Fabio Granitzio (BSc Geol. PhD Eng.) is an exploration and mining geologist with over 13 years experience in exploration and production management of gold, base metals and industrial minerals. He brings an aggressive exploration style to the group. Following his Doctoral research on gold-copper epithermal systems in Sardinia (Cagliari University), he studied these systems in detail at Antofagasta and the giant Escondida (BHP) deposit in Chile. Later work included involvement in the discovery of the Monte Ollasteddu gold deposit (Sardinia) as field exploration supervisor; mine and exploration manager of five open cut bentonite mines (Sardinia), and resource evaluations on similar prospects in Mexico, Morocco and Turkey. In the five years prior to joining KEFI Minerals he was responsible for generating new opportunities for Gruppo Minerali Maffei throughout Europe, Latin America, North Africa, Asia Minor and Australia, developing and managing projects from grass roots exploration through feasibility stage.
Ian Hardesty, Principal Resource Geologist and Exploration Manager
Ian is a mining and exploration geologist with over 15 years’ experience in underground narrow vein mining as well as surface and underground exploration. He has mined and explored for precious and base metal deposits including skarns, porphyries, epithermal/mesothermal veins, LMI’s, SEDEX, VHMS and Carlin-type, in Archean through Tertiary terranes throughout the United States, Mexico and Morocco. He has worked with Industry leaders such as Phelps Dodge, Rio Tinto and Barrick as well as for mid-tier producers including Stillwater, Hecla, and AuRico Gold, attaining positions of increasing responsibility throughout. He has managed large exploration projects and production groups and possesses extensive experience in grade control, ore body modeling and database management. Ian received his Bachelor’s degree (Geology) from Colorado College and his Master’s degree from the South Dakota School of Mines (Geology and Geological Engineering, focus on Economic Geology). He is a Fellow with the Society of Economic Geologists, and member of AusIMM, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Mineralogical Society of America, and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
Danilo Manis, Principal Geologist
Danilo Manis is a geologist (BSc Geol) with nearly 30 years of precious and base metal exploration experience. He has a considerable depth of knowledge in low- to high-sulfidation gold-copper epithermal systems that dovetails with Kefi’s central commodity focus. He has managed small and large exploration and production teams, leading groups from grass-roots evaluation through resource estimation and feasibility assessment. In production settings, Danilo has served as Chief Geologist at several significant gold-copper open pit and underground mines, which, combined with his exploration competencies, amounts to a seamless experiential base from exploration through production. He has worked on numerous evaluations of both greenfield and brownfield districts throughout Italy, Cyprus and Morocco.
Omer Celenk, Adviser – Turkey
Omer Celenk is the General Manager of KEFI Minerals’ 100%-owned subsidiary in Turkey, Dogu Akdeniz Mineralleri Ltd. He is a Turkish citizen and is based in Ankara. He has a PhD in Geology from Leicester University in the United Kingdom. He has over 26 years’ experience as a geochemist and economic geologist. He has worked for the Turkish Geological Survey, the United Nations in India, Philippines and Uganda, and also for Kenmare Resources Limited. Since 1994, he worked as a freelance consultant on economic geology and geochemistry, mainly in Turkey, until being recruited by KEFI Minerals in early 2006.
Sergio Di Giovanni, Metallurgist Consultant
Sergio Di Giovanni is a metallurgist with 20 years’ experience in both project development and operations management roles at gold, base metals and iron ore mines. He completed his Bachelor of Science, Mineral Science (Extractive Metallurgy) at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia His wide experience has been gained with international mining projects in Spain, Norway, Italy, Mexico, Armenia, Indonesia, Philippines and Australia, where he has been responsible for production management, (mining and processing), commissioning, process and engineering plant design, productivity improvements, human resource management, financial control, financial modelling, project evaluation, project development and metal concentrate sales and marketing. He has been involved assessments of metallurgical aspects of potential acquisition opportunities in Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Turkey.
Patrick Gorman, Project Advisor and Consultant Mining Engineer
Patrick Gorman is a mining engineer, BSc (Hons) Mining, Imperial College UK, MSc Mining, Colorado School of Mines and a Chartered Engineer (UK) with 35 years of technical and project experience in a wide range of business, cultural and climatic environments and commodities. Patrick has managed development programs, conceptual evaluations and studies for scoping, pre-feasibility and definitive feasibility stages. He has provided acquisition studies and post privatization support and technical audits for project financing. Patrick’s feasibility study experience has included Escondida copper in Chile, Rebecca gold in Zimbabwe, Loma de Niquel in Venezuela, Castellanos lead/zinc in Cuba. He has worked in over 60 countries and previous clients include BHP-Billiton, Rio Tinto and Barrick. He has led or been a key member of long term technical redevelopment and cooperation programs at Trepca-UNMIK in Kosovo, Jiangxi Copper in China, Buryatzoloto Gold in Russia and Zhayrem Manganese in Kazakhstan. He has formed, managed and legally represented mining companies, consultancies and EPCM company subsidiaries with offices in Australia, Chile and the UK. He is an experienced non-executive director of TSX-V and London-AIM listed mineral resource companies.