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During the third quarter 2006 David Woodall was appointed President of Ivanhoe's gold operations. His responsibilities include overseeing the advancement of the company's gold exploration and mine development projects which include among others operational development of the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia the Bakyrchik gold mine development project in Kazakhstan and the Cloncurry IOCG gold copper project in Australia.
Mr. Woodall 46 has more than 22 years experience in operations mine development project evaluation and corporate management roles in gold base metals and iron ore. Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines he acquired extensive mine management experience at underground and open-pit mines in Canada Australia Fiji and China. Among numerous mine operation assignments he worked as Mine General Manager at the CSA copper mine in New South Wales Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario Canada the Kanowna Belle gold mine in Western Australia and the West Angelas iron ore mine. He has worked in senior mine management positions with Robe River Placer Dome Sino Gold and WMC Resources. | 