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Timo Jauristo has over 26 years experience in the mining industry and over the past five years was the General Manager - Corporate Development for Placer Dome Inc. Mr. Jauristo joined the Placer Group of Companies in 1990 and has held various positions including Senior Project Geologist, Executive Assistant to Vice President - Exploration, Country Manager - Spain, Regional Manager - Southeast Asia, Exploration Manager - Australia, and Manager - Business Development. Prior to joining Placer, Mr. Jauristo worked for Newmont Australia, CSR Limited and Geopeko. Mr. Jauristo was part of the team that discovered the Osborne copper-gold deposit in Queensland.
Most recently, Mr. Jauristo was involved in Placer's acquisition of the North Mara gold mine in Tanzania for U.S. $300 million, and the successful takeover of Auriongold for U.S. $800 million. | 