Mr Eugene (Gene) Wusaty P.Eng.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

 Prior to becoming Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wusaty was President of Ivanhoe Mines' Coal Division and then Chief Operating Officer of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd following its acquisition of Ivanhoe Mine's Coal Division in 2006. Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines, Mr Wusaty served as Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Grande Cache Coal Corporation. 

Mr Wusaty is a professional mining engineer with 25 years of mining-related operational experience, with responsibilities in underground and open-pit coal mining and coal-fired power generation operations in Alberta and British Columbia. In the coal industry he has worked for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Elk Valley Coal Corp, Fording Coal Ltd, Quintette Coal Ltd and Grande Cache Coal Corporation in various positions including Mine Manager and Manager of Engineering.

Mr Wusaty was appointed a Director of the Company on 17 August 2009. During the three year period to the end of the financial year, Mr Wusaty has not held any other directorships in listed companies.