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Robin Merrifield is a chartered accountant with substantial international experience. He obtained his professional designation while working for Deloittes in Cape Town, South Africa. Subsequent to Deloittes, he served as the South African group financial manager for the diversified interests of a large UK shipping and hotel group, where he was involved in substantial manufacturing, property development and hotel activities.
His first foreign assignment took him to the Kalahari Desert in Botswana for ten years, as Financial Controller for a large nickel/copper mining complex, controlled by Ango-American Corporation.
In Canada, he first served as Assistant Vice-President Finance for a Vancouver company with gold mining operations in the United States, before moving to Saskatoon, on the Canadian prairies, to become Controller for the world's largest producer of uranium, Cameco Corporation.
Cameco's entry into gold mining saw him relocating to live in Kyrgyzstan for four years and act a Vice-President, Finance of Kumtor Operating Company, the operations of the large Kumtor gold project.
Having return to his home in Vancouver, Canada, he how provides financial and general management consulting services internationally and locally. Clients have included: a copper/gold mine in the Republic of Georgia, and mineral exploration companies operating in Canada, South America and Central Asia. | 