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Mr. Malim is an experienced mining corporate finance executive with over 30 years dedicated to the financing and management of mining companies. Mr. Malim has a strong working knowledge of geology and geologic structures and has been associated with a number of significant mining discoveries, including the Blackdome Mine and SNIP high-grade underground gold mining discoveries in British Columbia, several copper properties in Africa, gold exploration in North and South America and diamond exploration in the USSR and Africa.
Mr. Malim's personal and corporate achievements include being a full member of the International Stock Exchange London from 1966 to 1979; a founding member of the James Capel & Co., mining team from 1968 to 1979; and a founder of the Lion Mining Group in 1981, which until 2004, acted as financier both as principal and agent to numerous mining companies and projects. Lion Resource Management Ltd, prior to being acquired by Arlington Securities Ltd. in 2004, managed the well-known, 'Midas' gold mining funds.
Mr. Malim has held executive and non executive board positions on numerous North American and UK mining companies including, Azco Mining Inc; Blackdome Resources Ltd.; Delaware Resources Ltd.; Dragon Gold Resources Ltd.; MFC- Mining Finance Corporation; Miramar Mining Corporation; and Kryso Resources Ltd (AIM)
Mr. Malim has written regularly for journals on the subject of mining finance and has been a regular speaker at mining conferences, including the World Economic Forum in Washington, D.C.
During 1984 to 1988, Lion's work included research in smaller mining projects with a number of major mining company clients. In 1985, N M Rothschild Asset Management took a major stake with Lion Group in MFC Mining Finance Corporation Inc (MFC) to develop the Blackdome Mine in south British Columbia. This ex-Noranda project was high-grade and the feasibility study by Kilborn confirmed 1,000,000 tonnes of 30 g/t gold. This project was a technical and market success.
During 1985 to 1989, Lion was financier to the SNIP project via Delaware Resources Ltd. The SNIP was located in northern British Columbia. The SNIP was similar to the Blackdome in grade and tonnage and style of mineralization. The SNIP came into profitable production and closed around 1999. | 