Antenor Silva Jr.; President and CEO
Mr. Silva recently retired from a very successful career at Yamana, where he was
President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Silva has more than 40 years of experience
in the mining and chemical industries, having worked in various roles including
executive management, operations, research and development, engineering and construction.
He is known as one of the pioneers in research and development for metallurgy and
engineering for mining projects in Brazil. Mr. Silva also helped to develop an innovative
metallurgical process that permitted the concentration of lower grade phosphate
rock into a high grade concentrate. This process has led to the highly profitable
development and growth of phosphate fertilizer production in Brazil. Mr. Silva holds
a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Universidade de Sao Paulo.
Anthony Cina, CA; Vice President, Finance and CFO
Mr. Cina is a chartered accountant and has practiced public accounting for the last
20 years, most recently as managing partner of a public accounting firm providing
audit, tax and business advisory services. Mr. Cina’s practice focused on providing
strategic planning, financing solutions and tax structure and planning opportunities
to a wide array of clients, both nationally and internationally.
Stephen Burleton; Vice President, Corporate Development
Mr. Burleton has over 18 years of experience in the Canadian investment banking
industry having dealt with companies in mining, industrial and consumer products.
Most recently he was responsible for the agricultural sector as Managing Director
with a leading Canadian boutique investment bank.
Carlos Braga; Vice President, Operations
Mr. Braga is a Mining Engineer and holds an MBA from Cornell University. He has
significant experience in the Brazilian mining, fertilizer and strategy consulting
sectors. Before joining MBAC, Mr. Braga worked at A.T. Kearney, managing strategic
consulting projects at various industries in Latin America. Prior to that, Mr. Braga
worked at a large mining and metals company with over $1.5 billion in revenues.
Mr. Braga also worked for Fosfertil, managing operations in the mining and fertilizer
industries.
Luiz Bizzi; Vice President, Exploration
Dr. Bizzi has over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration in South America.
Prior to joining MBAC, Dr. Bizzi was responsible for minerals exploration and business
development in South America for BHP Billiton since 2005. Prior to BHPB, Dr. Bizzi held
Technical Directorship positions in Anglo American/De Beers (1985 to 2000) and the
Brazilian Geological Survey - CPRM (2000 to 2003), and acted as a strategy consultant
to the Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES (2003-2005). In addition, Dr. Bizzi serves
as senior partner and managing director of Bizzi & Associates since 2003. Dr. Bizzi holds
a Geology (Hons) degree from Universidade de Brasilia, a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from
the University of Cape Town, RSA and an MBA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil.