Chamber of Mines of Namibia

President – Mike Leech

I have been with Rössing Uranium since 1982 – over 24 years now, apart from three very interesting and enjoyable years spent at Anglesey Aluminium, in Wales, as their Commercial Director. Working for a smelting company widened my experience greatly especially as they are a very cost conscious business.

My wife and I are born Zimbabweans but having been in Namibia nearly 30 years and are now true-blue Namibians.

My experience at Rössing began in the accounting field (I am a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, FCIS) as mining accountant, followed by a series of positions in the finance / commercial line. I was the General Manager Commercial from October 2001 until August 2004. Directly before that I held the post of Financial Director and was based in Windhoek from Nov 1999 to 2001. I was appointed Managing Director on 14 September 2004. Aside from my natural financial interest I am a very strong believer in safety as a natural part of efficient processes in all we do.

1st Vice President – Mark Dawe

Mark Dawe: Text pending, will be updated soon.

2nd Vice President - Gerry Arnat

Managing Director
Anglo Ashanti’s Navachab Gold Mine (July 2005 to date)
Reporting to the Executive Vice President (SAD).

Mining Manager
Anglo Base Metal’s Skorpion Zinc mine (July 2003 to July 2005)
Reporting to the General Manager.

Various Roles
Rio Tinto’s Rossing Uranium Mines
• Lauding & Hauling (May 2000 to July 2003)
• Technical $ Development (Feb 1998 to May 2000)
• Long-term Planning (May 1997 to Feb 1998)
• Drilling & Blasting (Dec 1994 to Feb 1996)
Reporting to the Manager Mining:

Education & Qualification (Sept 1989 to Sept 1994)
Diploma Student: Camborne School of Mines, Camborne, United Kingdom.
• Higher National Diploma in Minerals Engineering

Degree Student: Exeter University, Camborne Campus, United Kingdom.
• B Eng (Hons) 2:1 Mining Engineering

Additional:
• MBA (Joint Maastrict & University of Namibia Programme)

Personal Information
• Date of birth: 11th May 1954
• Status: Married, Four children
• Interests: Football, Reading, Classical Music, Outdoor

General Manager – Veston Malango

Mr. Veston Malango is the General Manager of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia. He is a qualified Mining Engineer with a M.Sc. Degree (1985) from the Technical University Bergakademie Frieberg, Germany. He is also a qualified Gemmologist with Diplomas (1993) in Diamond Grading and in Coloured Gemstones from the German Germmological Training Centre in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Mr. Malango holds an MBA (2004) from the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. He is a member of the Engineering Council of Namibia since 1996.

Mr. Malango has vast experience in the mining industry in Namibia and the SADC region. He worked as Deputy Director of Mines at the Ministry of Mines and Energy for 8 years and then joined Ongopolo Mining & Processing Ltd, now Weatherly Mining Namibia for one and half years as Director responsible for strategic projects. He was appointed General Manager of the Chamber of Mines in October 2005.

Mr. Malango worked in the Zambian copper mines after university studies as a graduate mining engineer and then worked for the SADC Mining Sector for 6 years on minerals investment promotion projects to the SADC mining sector.

Mr. Malango serves on Boards of some institutions namely: the Bank of Namibia as Board Member, the Polytechnic of Namibia as Vice-Chairperson of the Council, the Minerals Development Fund of Namibia (MDF) and the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) as Trustee.

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