Gerard Kisbey-green

Gerard has built an expansive career in the mining and related financial industry, spanning over 30 years. After graduating as a Mining Engineer in South Africa in 1987, he gained extensive experience working in various management positions for a number of the larger South African mining companies, including Rand Mines Group and the gold division of Anglo American Corporation. During this time he worked on gold, platinum and coal mines primarily in South Africa and also in Germany and Australia. Gerard subsequently spent 17 years in the financial markets, including five years as a mining equity analyst and 12 years in mining corporate finance. He has worked in South Africa and the UK for banks including JPMorganChase, Investec and Standard Bank. Gerard has extensive experience in IPOs, capital raisings, M&A transactions and deals covering a great diversity of commodities and geographic locations. He also has experience in Nominated Adviser,broker and advisory roles. He has worked extensively in Africa, particularly South Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Far East, Central Asia and North America. After returning to South Africa as a Managing Director with Standard Bank in 2009, Gerard left the banking industry and joined Peterstow Aquapower, a mining technology development company, as CEO in 2011, before accepting a position in 2012 with Aurigin Resources Inc., a privately-owned Toronto-based gold exploration company with assets in Ethiopia and Tanzania, as President and CEO. Gerard joined Goldplat plc as a Nonexecutive Director in 2014 and took over the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2015 a position a resigned from during 2019. He joined Goldplat Plc again as a Non Executive Director in May 2020.