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Small Majestic Diamonds of Roni Stschik

Roni Stschik is one of the most unusual persons in the jewelry industry, since he is the most diversified professional, being the cutter and goldsmith, process man and innovating inventor, designer and manager of a young, but already famous company named Majestic Jewelry Ltd. Roni belongs to the third generation of diamantaires and inherited not only his family’s love for work with diamonds, but creativity. Jokingly he says that his company registers more patents than any other in Israel.


Igor Tikhov: “It’s Time to Work in Russia”
The Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant named after V.N. Gulidov is the world’s only manufacturer, which takes all the existing types of raw minerals to process them into eight precious metals: platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, as well as gold and silver. OAO Krastsvetmet refines about 50% of Russia’s gold and 98% of platinoids. The company’s outlook is described by its General Manager Igor Tikhov.

Elena Obraztsova: "Diamonds make me excited, if the artwork is touched by God’s Spark!”
Her last name meaning “exemplary” suits her as no one else: the artist fanatically devoted to music, the singer for whom her profession is her passion and the paramount sense of life, the magnetic personality, Elena Obraztsova is the first Russian singer who received the status of a legend of the world vocal.

Major Tacks in Geological Exploration to Reproduce Mineral Resources Base of Precious Metals
The mineral resources base of gold in Russia laid in mainly during previous years is sufficient in its bulk to build up domestic gold mining in the longer term. It is composed of reserves harbored by genuine gold ore deposits (5 700 tons), complex deposits (2 600 tons) and alluvial de-posits (1 400 tons).





Vaaldiam strengthens its operational team

23.07.2008

Jonathan Hsuan has been appointed as Vice President of Operations at Vaaldiam Resources Ltd., Tacy reported. A graduate of the Royal School of Mines in London, Hsuan holds 24 years of diamond mining experience, with the majority of his diamond industry experience arising from mine management of alluvial diamond mines in West and Central Africa. In his capacity as Vice President, Operations, Hsuan will be based in Brazil and will be responsible for all of the company’s diamond mining operations.
Donald Best moves from the position of Vice President of Operations to Vice President of Technical Services, In his new role he will be responsible for all new capital projects for Vaaldiam, including the construction of the new diamond recovery plant for the Braúna kimberlite feasibility project in Bahia state. Best has over 27 years experience in mineral project engineering, construction and project management.
Fernando Cezar de Aguiar has been promoted to the position of General Manager, Mining from his previous position as Mine Manager at Vaaldiam’s Chapada mine. Fernando holds a Master of Business Administration as well as a degree in Mining Engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, where he specialized in open pit mining. He has over 23 years of mining industry experience, including 21 years with Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), where he was responsible for the management of ore treatment, as well as short and medium mine planning.
“These management appointments further strengthen our management and technical team in Brazil. We are extremely pleased to welcome Jon Hsuan to our team. We will certainly benefit from Jon’s vast operational experience with respect to alluvial diamond mining, and I expect he will play a significant role in the future growth of our diamond production in Brazil. The appointment of Don Best to the position of Vice President, Technical Services places a very experienced civil engineer in charge of the physical development of advanced staged projects like our Braúna kimberlite project, which is currently in the feasibility stage. The promotion of Fernando Aguiar to the position of General Manager, Mining is well deserved, and we expect that Fernando’s involvement in both our Chapada mine and our expanding Duas Barras mine will lead to improved performance at these operations,” says Ken Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vaaldiam.

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