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Company Highlights

  • Strong Fundamentals
  • Established track record of results and accountability
  • Highly Experienced Management Group


Company Overview

Abzu is a gold exploration and development company working in Ghana, Africa's second largest gold producer and host to some of the world's largest gold deposits. Ghana has strong land title laws and is one of the world's most mining-friendly jurisdictions.

Abzu has invested several years developing local and national relationships, key to its strategic land position on over 500 square kilometres of highly sought after and productive gold belts.


Management

Tim McCutcheon
CEO

Tim McCutcheon is a finance professional with over 16 years in international business experience, primarily in the precious metals sector in Eurasia. Most recently he was CEO of Ovoca Gold PLC, a London-listed company with gold exploration assets in Russia. Tim worked in multiple financial institutions such as Bear Stearns, Aton Capital and Pioneer Investments as an award-winning metals and mining sector analyst and as an investment banker. He also was a founder/partner of DBM Capital Partners Ltd, a leading precious metals boutique finance institution which managed the largest Russia-based go

Dr. Paul D. Klipfel
President

Dr. Klipfel has over 32 years of mineral exploration experience and project development for a wide range of mineral commodities and deposit types in North America, South America, Australia, South Pacific, Africa, and Asia. He has been an effective explorer specializing in the relationship between geologic structure and mineralization. He has been a contributor to the discovery process on several major gold deposits including Las Cristinas, Venezuela (>12Moz); Musselwhite, Ontario, Canada (>5Moz); Esaase, Ghana (4.9Moz); Livengood, Alaska, USA (>10Moz).

Emmanuel Ababio
Managing Director, Abzu Resources (Ghana) Ltd.

Mr. Ababio is a co-founder of the company and has been highly instrumental in every aspect of Abzu's corporate development within Ghana. He is responsible for all logistical functions,  personnel management and the acquisition of concessions. Mr. Ababio's strong ties to government agencies, Ministries and businesses have facilitated Abzu in becoming established, respected and a trusted name within Ghana. Furthermore, Mr. Ababio liaises with highly respected traditional figures regarding social issues and appropriate procedures required to develop the land through exploration and mining.

Ross McDonald
CFO

Mr. McDonald is a Chartered Accountant, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 1968. He has a broad range of experience in public company accounting and finance, providing accounting, audit and tax services to small and medium sized businesses. Most of his clients are in the resource industry and include public companies, mining professionals, exploration service companies and consultants. He serves on the Board of Directors of Fjordland Exploration Ltd. and Miranda Gold Corp.

Sue Chipperfield
Corporate Secretary

Ms. Chipperfield has 8 years' experience of working for exploration companies, specializing in Administration and Corporate Secretary field. Since January 2010, she has worked as Corporate Secretary to Balmoral Resources Ltd., a TSXV listed junior exploration company.

Richard mark Serwa
Manager, Social Development

Mark worked as a Social Planner and Director for several world-leading manufacturers before joining Abzu. Aside from planning and implementing large-scale social programs, he has personally dedicated himself to safety in the work place and holds several certificates that are recognized around the world. He will be responsible for implementing a three phase social program in the Manso Nkwanta Region of Ghana. He is overseeing Phase I, which employs 25 Ghanaians from local villages.

Gordon Neal
Chairman

Gordon Neal has more than 25 years experience in providing corporate finance and corporate governance services to public companies. He founded Neal McInerney Investor Relations in 1991. Through marketing more than $4 billion in debt and equity financings, the company grew to be the second largest full service Investor Relations firm in Canada with offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles. Clients included; BCE, Nortel, Bell Canada International, Bell Mobility, Intrawest, Canaccord Capital, BMO Nesbitt Burns, and TVX Gold.

Note: Directors not included


Projects

Project Name: Nangodi and Yameriga
Resource: gold
Location: Northern Ghana

Project Name: Asafo
Resource: gold
Location: Kibi-Wineba Belt, Ghana

Project Name: Abofour, Kasutie, Horizon West
Resource: gold
Location: Ghana

Project Name: Tanoso
Resource: gold
Location: Ghana

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