Yuri Dobrotin

Mr Dobrotin is a global expert in gold exploration with 35 years' experience. He joined Shanta in 2020 from Barrick Gold where he was a Senior District Geologist in Tanzania. Mr Dobrotin was previously the Geology Manager at Acacia Mining's Kenyan operations where he was directly involved in the discovery of the high grade West Kenya Project, acquired by Shanta Gold in 2020. Over the last 25 years, Mr Dobrotin has lived and worked across the globe including in the world-famous Red Lake, Abitibi, Kalgoorlie and Lake Victoria greenstone belts. Mr Dobrotin has first-hand involvement in discoveries of gold deposits globally which have developed into producing mines. He continues to be a Practicing Member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, Canada (APGO) since 2002.