Intermediate Gold Producer

Mexico, Canada, Australia, Brazil & Alaska

Free
New Gold Management

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Management

Randall Oliphant, Executive Chairman and Director

Mr. Oliphant is the Executive Chairman and a director of the Company. He is also a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Bear Resources Inc. Mr. Oliphant is on the Advisory Board of Metalmark Capital LLC (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital Partners), and serves on the boards of WesternZagros Resources Ltd. and Franco-Nevada Corporation. Since 2003, Mr. Oliphant has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. From 1999 to 2003, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation. From 2006 to 2009, he was Chairman of Western Goldfields. Mr. Oliphant is a Chartered Accountant.

Robert Gallagher, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Gallagher has worked in the mining industry for over 32 years and spent 15 years with Placer Dome Inc. and seven years with Newmont Mining Corporation, most recently as Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific. Prior to the merger of Peak Gold, Metallica and New Gold, Robert Gallagher was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Peak Gold from February 2008. Mr. Gallagher holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mineral Processing.

Brian Penny, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Penny has over 22 years of experience in mine finance and accounting. He has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since June 2009. He was the Chief Financial Officer of Western Goldfields from 2006 to 2009. Since 2005, Mr. Penny has also been the Chief Financial Officer of Silver Bear Resources Inc. Since 2004, Mr. Penny has been a Director of, and chairs the Audit Committee of Equinox Minerals Limited. Mr. Penny was the Chief Financial Officer of Kinross Gold Corporation 1993 – 2004. Mr. Penny is a Certified Management Accountant.

James (Jim) Currie, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Currie is a mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, having worked on projects in North and South America, Asia and Africa. Mr. Currie was previously the Vice President Operations of New Gold and Vice President Operations for Miramar Mining Corp. in Vancouver and was responsible for the development of Miramar’s 10 million ounce gold resource at Hope Bay in the Canadian Arctic. Prior to that, Mr. Currie held the position of General Manager of Mauritanian Copper Mines SA.

Ron Allum, Vice President, Operations (Canada)

Mr. Allum has a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and more than 31 years underground operational experience, including 28 years in block cave mining operations at the San Manuel Mine in Arizona, and the Questa Mine in New Mexico. He worked at the San Manuel Mine for more than 25 years in progressively more senior positions including General Mine Foreman, Construction Manager, Mine Manager and ultimately Vice President Operations, initially for Magma Copper Company and subsequently for BHP Copper NA. During his time at the San Manuel Mine, he led the Lower K Project that developed the deepest mining horizon at the San Manuel Mine.

Brett Gagnon, Vice President, Information Technology

Mr. Gagnon has over 15 years of experience in a variety of senior strategic I.T. roles across multiple industries, providing sound decision making and strong leadership. Most recently, he was Director, Information Technology for Western Goldfields, a junior gold mining company. Before that he served as a Project Manager for large scale Infrastructure projects for the Government of Ontario.

John Marshall, Vice President, Human Resources

Mr. Marshall has over 22 years experience in human resources spanning the energy, semiconductor and banking industries. He was previously the Director of Worldwide Human Resource Operations for PMC-Sierra Inc. where he managed human resources operations for employees in over 10 countries. Prior to PMC-Sierra, Mr. Marshall held various human resources roles at Duke Energy, Westcoast Energy and NatWest Group plc.

Armando Ortega, Vice President, Latin America

Mr. Ortega is New Gold's Vice President of Latin America and Managing Director of Minera San Xavier S.A. de C.V. Previously he was Vice President, Legal and General Counsel At Southern Copper, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. Prior to that he was the General Counsel of Grupo Mexico and had also held positions in the Mexican federal government where he participated in trade negotiations with the US and Canada (NAFTA) and the European Union. Mr. Ortega is an attorney at law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City where he graduated with honours.

Barry O’Shea, Vice President, Corporate Controller

Mr. O’Shea has over 13 years of finance and accounting experience across multiple industries and countries. He most recently served as the Division Chief Financial Officer of Gate Gourmet North America, progressing to that role from the Corporate Controller position. Previously, he spent 8 years with The Lincoln Electric Company in Canada, the Netherlands and the U.K. moving to progressively senior finance positions. Mr. O’Shea is a Chartered Management Accountant.

Mark Petersen, Vice President, Exploration

Mr. Petersen is an economic geologist with over 27 years of mining industry experience in the Americas. Previously Mr. Petersen held the position of Vice President of Exploration for Metallica Resources Inc., where he was responsible for leading the exploration and development of the Cerro San Pedro project in Mexico, acting as the company’s technical liaison for the El Morro joint venture project in Chile, developing and managing a portfolio of earlier stage exploration projects in Chile, Brazil, and Alaska, and directing generative exploration work throughout the Americas. Prior to his term with Metallica, Mr. Petersen held positions as an exploration geologist with Lac Minerals Inc. and predecessor companies Bond Gold Inc. and St. Joe Gold Inc.

Hannes Portmann, Vice President, Corporate Development

Mr. Portmann has been working with mining companies in a financial capacity since his career began. Previously he was an Associate in the Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Mining Group, where he worked in an advisory role on merger and acquisition mandates as well as equity and debt offerings. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Portmann held roles in both the assurance and advisory practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Portmann holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University, a Masters of Management and Professional Accounting from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and is a Canadian Chartered Accountant.

Susan Toews, Vice President, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary

Ms. Toews has over 17 years corporate, securities legal experience and was previously Corporate Secretary of Peak Gold Ltd. She was also previously General Counsel at egX Canada, an emerging marketplace working toward the securitization of real estate assets and Senior Legal Counsel with the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”). She was the BCSC representative on the Canadian Securities Administrators committee that developed the national rule on disclosure of corporate governance, corporate governance guidelines and the national rule on auditor oversight. Ms. Toews holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

Director(s)

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James Estey, Director

Mr. Estey is the retired Chairman of UBS Securities Canada Inc. and has more than 30 years of experience in the financial markets. Mr. Estey joined Alfred Bunting and Company as an institutional equity salesperson in 1980 after working at A.E. Ames & Co. for seven years. In 1994, Mr. Estey became the head of the Canadian Equities business, and in 2002 he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of UBS Securities Canada. In January 2008 Mr. Estey assumed the role of Chairman. He serves on the boards of Pure Trading, and Range Royalty. He also serves on the boards of The Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, The National Ballet School and St. Clements School.

Vahan Kololian, Director

Mr. Kololian is the founder and Managing Partner of TerraNova Partners LP, which invests in the industrial, services and resource sectors. Since 2002 Mr. Kololian has been Chairman of Precinda Corporation, a private manufacturing company. Mr. Kololian started his career in investment banking in 1980 with Burns Fry Limited (now BMO Nesbitt Burns). Since 1990 he has held leadership positions in private equity partnerships. Mr. Kololian also serves on the board of Manicouagan Minerals Inc., a public exploration company focusing primarily on gold projects. Mr. Kololian holds BA and LL.B. degrees.

Martyn Konig, Director

Mr. Konig has 29 years experience in investment banking and the commodity markets. He is Executive Chairman and President of AIM and TSX listed European Goldfields Limited (EGU:CN) and was Chief Executive Officer of the Blackfish Capital Group from 2005 until August 2009. He has extensive experience in the natural resource sector, which includes senior management responsibility in resource finance and commodity trading operations at various international investment banks. Mr. Konig was a main Board Director of NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd. for 15 years and held senior positions at Goldman Sachs and UBS. Mr. Konig is a Barrister and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Pierre Lassonde, Director

Mr. Lassonde is currently the Chairman of Franco-Nevada Corporation. He formerly served as President of Newmont Mining Corporation from 2002 to 2006 and resigned as a director and Vice-Chairman of Newmont effective as of November 30, 2007. Previously Mr. Lassonde served as a director and President (1982 to 2002) and Co-Chief Executive Officer (1999 to 2002) of the former Franco-Nevada.

Craig Nelsen, Director

Mr. Nelsen was previously the Chairman and Director of Metallica Resources Inc. He is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Avanti Mining Corporation since 2007. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of that company from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Nelsen also served as the Executive Vice-President, Exploration, for Gold Fields Limited from 1999 to 2007.

Raymond Threlkeld, Director

Mr. Threlkeld has over 32 years of mineral industry experience. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Threlkeld was the Chief Operating Officer of Silver Bear Resources Inc. From 2006 to 2009, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Goldfields Inc. From 1996 to 2005 Mr. Threlkeld held various senior management positions in precious metal mine development with Barrick Gold Corporation and Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation including the development of the Pierina Mine in Peru, the Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania and the Veladero Mine in Argentina. Mr. Threlkeld has had exploration acquisition success in the Western United States in addition to the management and project development experience

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