IAMGOLD Corporation

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The Cadillac-Bousquet region in northwestern Québec has been a productive mining centre for over 100 years and still holds great potential. In 1972, it became the co-property of Silverstack Mines Company Ltd. and the Québec government controlled Soquem Inc., which carried out exploration between 1972 and 1975. In 1975 Long Lac Mineral Exploration Ltd (Lac Minerals Ltd), took over Silverstack’s interest. Commercial open pit mining began at the Doyon Mine in 1980, and while underground mining commenced in 1985, the full transition to a wholly underground operation was completed in early 1989.

Craig joined IAMGOLD in February of 2012. As an accomplished senior executive in both major and junior base and precious metals mining companies, Craig brings over 25 years of experience in domestic and international exploration. He has a strong reputation for building and leading multidisciplinary teams, and a track record of deposit discovery, resource expansions and project generation and acquisitions. Craig worked for Falconbridge/ Noranda in roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior International Geologist and, later, as Exploration Manager in Australasia and Africa.

The process plant consists of a standard heap leaching facility. It consists of a crusher feeding an agglomeration drum to produce a pelletized product. The discharge from the agglomeration drum is transported by an overland conveyor to the “grasshopper” mobile conveyors and radial stackers which build each heap leach pad in three lifts. Cement is added during the agglomeration process to add structural stability to the heaps and ensure adequate percolation on the lower lifts. Cyanide solution is fed through drip irrigation piping on the pads.

Gord joined IAMGOLD in December of 2007 and brings over 20 years of industry experience to the position of COO. In his previous role, Gord was responsible for technical management and development of three major copper projects in South America as well as oversight of the large scale Antamina and Collahuasi mines. Prior to this role, Gord served as the General Manager and Operations Manager at Lomas Bayas in Chile and Antamina in Peru as well as holding Engineering Management positions at the Brunswick and Bell Mines in Canada.

Oumar Toguyeni joined IAMGOLD in 2012 as Vice-President, Commercial, West Africa, and was appointed to his current role in 2013. Prior to joining IAMGOLD, Oumar had accumulated over 25 years of international experience in exploration, project development and operations for various commodities, including gold, base metals and bauxite. Oumar started his career as a Senior Geologist with SOREMIB, a gold mining company in Burkina Faso. In 1995, he joined BHP Billiton and held various management positions in Burkina Faso, Guinea and The Netherlands.

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