Toronto, ON, Canada - April 8, 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada - Kombat Copper, Inc., a mining company, announced that it has promoted its director Justin Reid to the role of the chairman.
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Mr. Reid is a geologist and capital markets executive with more than 20 years of experience focused exclusively in the mineral resource space. He started his career as a geologist with SGS and Cominco Ltd after which he became a partner and senior mining analyst at Cormark Securities in Toronto.
In 2009, Mr. Reid was named Executive General Manager at Paladin Energy, where he was responsible for leading all merger and acquisition, corporate and market related activities. He returned to Canada in early 2011 assuming the role of Managing Director Global Mining Sales at National Bank Financial, where he directed the firm’s sales and trading in the mining sector.
Mr. Reid holds a B.Sc from the University of Regina, a M.Sc from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Reid's appointment follows Charles Mostert's resignation as chairman and a director of the board.
Mr. Mostert has 33 years experience in the mining industry. He has served as Chairman/CEO/Director of 10 resource companies listed on the Australia Stock Exchange. His resources experience includes gold, diamonds, coal, copper, platinum and iron ore.
Mr. Mostert was the principal party for the identification, negotiation and acquisition of the Slater operating coal mines and a Transnet/Richards Bay Coal export allocation for Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. He was CEO of Lonrho Mining Ltd and is a founding director of Gulara Trading 101 LLP, a company providing logistics solutions to mining companies.
Mr. Mostert holds a BCom (Hons) degree, a Certificate in Mining Taxation, a MDP diploma and an MBL degree.
The company also announced that it has appointed Knowledge Katti as a director.
Mr. Katti is a Namibian entrepreneur who has more than 10 years of experience in both Namibian national and international business experience. His focus has been on developing relationships with governments, empowerment groups and community stakeholders, with the goal of creating long-term sustainable economic and social growth. ■