WILLIAM LAMB
President & Chief Executive Officer, Director
William Lamb has more than 30 years of mining industry leadership and mine development experience. Most recently, Mr. Lamb was the CEO for NewGen Resource Lending Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of a number of Canadian listed copper and gold companies. He was formerly the CEO of Lucara Diamond Corp., responsible for developing and commissioning the Karowe mine in Botswana, before which he was involved in the development, and operation of two diamond mines in Northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories in Canada.
The primary focus of Mr. Lamb's career has been in mine development and sustainable operations across a wide sector of different commodities, in remote locations in Africa and Northern Canada. He has focused on innovative technologies for the enhancement of economic value, a key aspect in the success generated during his decade with the Lundin Group of Companies. Mr. Lamb has a NDH in Extractive Metallurgy from Technicon Witwatersrand and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School. He was EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year for 2017, Pacific Mining and Metals, and received 2016 Hugo Dummett Award, alongside Lukas Lundin, for excellence in diamond exploration and development.
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DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG
Vice President, Technical Services
Dr. Armstrong has over 30 years of combined experience in mining, mineral exploration, and government. Dr. Armstrong has been responsible for the development of size and value distribution models and forecasts for the Karowe mine since 2013. He was also responsible for the oversight of the feasibility study and the technical input for the proposed Underground Mine expansion at Karowe. Dr. Armstrong has been involved in the planning and execution of successful diamond exploration and sampling programs ranging from generative to delineation and valuation. Dr. Armstrong has strong capabilities in the assessment and analysis of diamond size distributions, content modeling, and value distributions.
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ZARA BOLDT, CPA, CGA
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
Ms. Boldt is a professional accountant (CPA, CGA) who has held progressively senior financial leadership roles with several public companies in the mineral exploration and development industry. Prior to her appointment as the CFO & Corporate Secretary of Lucara, Ms. Boldt served as the CFO & Corporate Secretary of Kaminak Gold, where she was responsible for corporate due diligence and the negotiation, documentation and execution of a Plan of Arrangement for an acquisition transaction valued at C$520 million. Prior to Kaminak, Ms. Boldt was the Vice-President, Finance & CFO for Stornoway Diamond Corporation where she was a member of the senior management team responsible for arranging financing in excess of $900 million for the development of the Renard Diamond Mine in Quebec. Ms. Boldt is an independent Director of Bluestone Resources Inc. Ms. Boldt currently serves as a director of Women in Mining British Columbia and as a director of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), where she represents the Diamond, Gold and/or Platinum Group Metals Producer Forum.
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STEVEN LINCOLN
Director Sales & Marketing
Mr. Lincoln is one of the leading valuation experts in the diamond industry who has more than 30 years experience in Manufacturing, Valuation, Sales, Production, Operational and Marketing management roles globally. He was previously fully accountable for all final valuations and assortments for De Beers sight boxes, and mine sample valuations in Russia, Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Botswana as well holding the position of Managing Director of a substantial diamond polishing facility. Mr. Lincoln joined Lucara in 2014 bringing with him a highly successful background in the achievement of profitable business growth through the creation and execution of successful sales strategies.
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