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Jürgen Schwarz
B Compt
Chief Financial Officer
Jürgen graduated from the University of South Africa in 1992 and started his career in the clothing industry. He then moved into the insurance industry before becoming the financial director of a leading security company, from 2001 to 2006 . He joined Pangea DiamondFields plc in March 2007. Jürgen has 18 years of experience in financial management ”

Anton Esterhuizen
BSc (Hons) Geol, MSc (Mineral Exploration), FGSSA
Chief Exploration Officer
Anton graduated from the University of Pretoria in 1973 and commenced his career with Gold Fields of South Africa as exploration geologist identifying coal, base mineral and gold opportunities. He was country manager for Namibia for four years until 1987 when he joined Rhoex. Since 1997, he has been working with members of the current team resulting in the discovery and evaluation of the world class high grade Rhovan vanadium deposit, the Taaiboschspruit colliery and contributed to the re-evaluation of the large Burnstone gold deposit, all in South Africa. In Tanzania, he was responsible for the discovery of a number of gold deposits including the Tulawaka deposit and his activities attracted major players into that country. Anton was responsible for the discovery of five titanium-zirconium sand deposits including the world class Corridor Sands deposit in Mozambique and the Kwale deposit in Kenya. Anton was the first recipient of the Des Pretorius Memorial Award for outstanding work in economic geology in Africa and received the Dreyer Award from the Society for Mining and Metallurgy and Exploration Inc (USA) for outstanding achievements in applied economic geology.

Michael Stanley Hunt
PR Eng
Operations Manager
After completing a MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering (Particle Technology), Michael joined Triefus Industries in the UK where he was instrumental in setting up their fine diamond sizing facility.  Two years later he joined De Beers in South Africa, where he spent the majority of the next 27 years gaining and lending his experience to the diamond industry.  Michael joined Pangea DiamondFields in October 2007.

Helen Pein
BSc (Hons) Geol, Cum Laude
Exploration Manager
Helen is an exploration geologist with over 20 years experience, having worked in South America and extensively throughout Africa. After qualifying as a geologist in 1984, she commenced her career at Gencor South Africa where she spent seven years working on numerous gold projects. Helen joined the group in 1995 where she has been directly involved in the discovery, assessment and development of heavy mineral sands projects in Kenya and Mozambique, gold in Tanzania and gold in the Witwatersrand Basin of South Africa. She has presented numerous lectures and papers on various aspects of economic geology.

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