Following the successful completion of the acquisition of Atlantic Gold Corporation on 19 July 2019, Steven Dean, former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and co‐founder of Atlantic Gold, was appointed to the Board of St Barbara Limited as an Non‐Executive Director effective 23 July 2019.
Steven has extensive experience internationally in mining, including as President of Teck Cominco Limited (now Teck Resources Ltd, (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK). Teck is Canada’s largest diversified resource company, is the largest producer of metallurgical coal in North America and a major producer of copper, zinc, and energy from 13 mines in Canada, United States, Chile and Peru.
Prior to joining Teck, Steven was a founding member of management of the Normandy Poseidon Group, (which became Normandy Mining) which was the largest Australian gold producer and a significant producer of base metals and industrial minerals until its acquisition by Newmont Mining in 2002, as well as cofounder of PacMin Mining Corporation which became a subsidiary of Teck Corporation in 1999. He was also a co‐founder and former chairman of Amerigo Resources Ltd, and is the former Chairman and a director of Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX:SMT), and Chairman of Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSX‐V:FEO).