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| | | Robert M Friedland
Position: Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mr. Friedland was appointed as Chairman of Ivanhoe Australia Limited in 2007. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum, Chairman and President of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation and Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy.
A well-known financier of international resource projects, Mr. Friedland has led Ivanhoe Mines' discovery and current development of the Oyu Tolgoi deposit in Mongolia, which is the world's largest undeveloped and highest-grade porphyry copper and gold deposit. Other current mine development projects include the high-quality coal discoveries being developed by SouthGobi Energy Resources at Nariin Sukhait, also in southern Mongolia, and various mineral discoveries in Africa.
Mr. Friedland was named 2006 Mining Person of the Year by Canada's Northern Miner newspaper for his success in the development of the Oyu Tolgoi project, including the formation of a strategic partnership with Rio Tinto. He was previously named Developer of the Year in 1996 by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
Mr. Friedland holds a degree in political science from Reed College in Oregon, USA.
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