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Alex Davidson is EVP Exploration and Corporate Development with responsibility for Barrick Gold’s international exploration programs and corporate development activities. Prior to April 2005 he was responsible for Barrick’s exploration strategy and programs as EVP Exploration. Mr. Davidson joined Barrick in October 1993 and under his leadership Barrick’s exploration efforts grew outside of North America and into Latin America and beyond.
Prior to joining Barrick Mr. Davidson was Vice President Exploration for Metall Mining Corporation. Mr. Davidson has over 25 years' experience in designing implementing and managing gold and base metal exploration and acquisition programs throughout the world.
In April 2005 Mr. Davidson was presented the 2005 A.O. Dufresne Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum to recognize exceptional achievement and distinguished contributions to mining exploration in Canada. In 2003 Mr. Davidson was named the Prospector of the Year by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in recognition for his team’s discovery of the Lagunas Norte Project in the Alto Chicama District Peru. He received his B.Sc. and his M.Sc. in Economic Geology from McGill University. | 