Poised to become a mid-tier gold producer

Chief Operating Officer

Dana Roets is a qualified Mining Engineer and an alumnus of the University of Pretoria (1986), who also holds an MBA through the University of Cape Town (1995). He started his mining career at Gold Fields’ St Helena Gold Mine in the Free State, and then spent two years as Manager Mining and General Manager at the Oryx Gold Mine. He was Managing Director of Kloof Mines before spending four years as Managing Director of Gold Fields’ Free State Mines and Vice President and Head of Operations at Beatrix Gold Mine. Subsequently, he spent a further three years as the Vice President: Technical Services and a year as Vice President and Head of Operations at the Kloof Gold Mine. He was appointed VP Corporate Development with Great Basin Gold in February 2010, before joining Anglo Platinum in mid-2011. He was instrumental in the development and application of Long Hole Stoping as mining method at our Burnstone operations.

In October 2011, Dana Roets replaced Johan Oelofse as COO. His experience in the design and project management of large capital projects will prove valuable, as we progress with our two flagship projects: the build-up of production at our Burnstone Mine in South Africa and the advancement of our Hollister Project in Nevada, USA.