Management Team

Astur Gold´s Management is a team of professionals with a wealth of experience and extensive expertise in exploration, mine engineering and economics, governmental relations, social responsibility and sustainable mining operations worldwide.

Cary Pinkowski
CEO & Director

Mr. Pinkowski has over 20 years experience in mining, mining finance and natural resource industries. He has been successful working with legislative and administrative authorities in Europe and Asia. He founded Entrée Gold Inc. (ETG‐TSE, EGI‐AMEX), and acquired the Lookout Hill property; one of the highest grade Au, Cu porphyries ever discovered. The Shivee / Oyu Tolgoi Complex is now the largest and highest‐grade copper‐gold development in the world. He subsequently focused on developing base and precious metals deposits Russia and former CIS countries. As Chairman of CP Capital, Cary maintains offices in Vancouver and Moscow. Recently, he founded Astur Gold Corp., which purchased the Salave Gold Deposit in Spain from Lundin Mining.

Emilio Hormaeche
President & Director

Emilio´s career includes direct experience with mining and ore dressing from property acquisition to full production and all the intermediate steps, for base metals to gold and industrial minerals (7 plants total). He most recently was Project Manager for an entire mining complex in Mauritania (Tasiast, Red Back Mining) with an 80 Million US$ budget. His primary competency is very strong technical skills as well as high motivation in assembling and leading teams. Emilio is particularly suited to work on the Salave project given his direct experience on the area, and in particular, the test work program and early stages of the BFS. Emilio lives in Oviedo, 1.5 hours drive from Salave. He maintains excellent relations with local mining and environmental authorities.

Paul Conibear
Director

Mr. Conibear has over 25 years of experience in mining projects in Spain, Portugal, North America, and a number of African and South American countries. His background includes 18 years of study, project and construction management across a diverse range of minerals projects encompassing precious and base metal, coal, uranium and potash investments. This includes project management positions for gold plant construction at the Rio Tinto mine in Spain. For the last 10 years he has held public company executive management and director´s positions with the Lundin group of companies, serving for several years as President and CEO of Tenke Mining Corp. where he was instrumental in progressing the world class Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mine in central Africa. Mr. Conibear currently holds the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development within Lundin Mining Corp.

Honourable John D. Reynolds, P.C.
Director

The Honourable John D. Reynolds career includes substantial experience in venture capital development, resource sector development and elected political office, both federal and provincial.The Hon. John D. Reynolds served as a Member of Parliament of Canada, 1972-1977 and 1997-2006 and also as leader of Her Majesty's official opposition. The Hon. John D. Reynolds also served as co-chair of the successful national Conservative Party campaign for the January 23, 2006 federal election, in which Stephen Harper was elected the Prime Minister of Canada. The Hon. John D. Reynolds was speaker of the British Columbia legislature as well as Minister of the Environment, in which he served from 1983-1991.

The Hon. John D. Reynolds career in the private sector has included directorships on the boards of numerous public companies, including International Corona Resources, Calibre Mining Corp., Oriel Resources, Rusoro Mining Ltd., and Terrane Metals Corp. The Hon. John D. Reynolds was appointed as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for  Canada  on February 6, 2006. In March 2006, he was appointed as a Senior Strategic Advisor to Lang Michener law firm in  Vancouver .

Doug Turnbull
Director

Mr. Turnbull is a consulting geologist with over 20 years experience in diamond, precious and base metal exploration. Mr. Turnbull holds a Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and is a Qualified Professional Geoscientist recognized by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Mr. Turnbull´s previous working and consulting experience includes Monopros Ltd., Goldfields Mining Corporation, Prime Exploration Ltd., Adrian Resources Ltd., and Madison Enterprises Corp. Mr. Turnbull was part of exploration teams responsible for the exploration and development of the Eskay Creek Gold Deposit in British Columbia, Canada, the Petaquilla Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit in Panama and the Mt. Kare Gold Deposit in Papua New Guinea. Currently Mr. Turnbull also serves as a director on the boards of Buffalo Gold Ltd., Oromin Exploration Ltd. And Grizzly Diamonds Ltd.

Nick DeMare
CFO

Mr. DeMare holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member in good standing of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Since May 1991, Mr. DeMare has been the President of Chase Management Ltd., a private company which provides a broad range of administrative, management and financial services to private and public companies engaged in mineral exploration and development, gold and silver production, oil and gas exploration and production and venture capital. Mr. DeMare indirectly owns 100% of Chase Management. Mr. DeMare currently serves as officer and director of other public reporting companies.

Brian McEwen
Independent Consultant

Mr. McEwen has over 25 years of mineral exploration and production experience including project management, economic evaluation and mine planning for various mining concerns throughout the world. Mr. McEwen was the former manager of mineral projects for Norwest Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. McEwen consulted for AMEC Inc. as their Manager of Geology for Latin America, and was involved in numerous deposit evaluations including the Spence deposit (BHP Billiton), the Lomas Bayas deposit (Falconbridge), and the Quebrada Blanca deposit (Teck/Cominco). Mr. McEwen is currently the President of Buffalo Gold Ltd. And Dynasty Gold Corp. Mr. McEwen is a Professional Geoscientist, registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta.