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Mr. Downey is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience in the resource industry on four continents. He is President and CEO of Aura Gold Inc. a TSX-listed company actively exploring and developing properties in Brazil. Previously Mr. Downey was President and CEO of Viceroy Exploration Ltd. and President of Consolidated Trillion Resources Ltd. and Oliver Gold Corporation. He also held Project Engineer positions on several large-scale gold mining operations including La Coipa in Chile and the Misima and Porgera mines in Papua New Guinea as Vice President of Rescan Engineering Ltd. and Project Manager for Kilborn Engineering Ltd. Prior to these Canada-based positions Mr. Downey held operating engineering positions at several mining projects for Anglo American Corporation in South Africa.
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