Lara Exploration Limited

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Mr. Thompson was the original founder of Lara's Brazilian business and has been involved in mineral exploration in Brazil and South America for twenty years as a project generator, consultant and manager for both large and small companies. Mr. Thompson worked as a contractor to Lac Minerals and then Barrick between 1993 and 1996 and then worked with MRDI (now AMEC) on the privatization of CVRD in 1996.

China Mining Association is a juridical association approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, with members ranging over the whole mining industry. The association mainly consists of, on a voluntary basis, domestic and overseas mining corporations (including oil fields), geological prospecting enterprises, nation-wide mining industry associations, province-level mining industry associations (unions), mining industry related scientific research institutes and academies, as well as the mining areas and cities.