Experience
With over 100 years of collective experience, the B2Gold management team has succeeded in all aspects of the mining business. Corporately, management has a proven track record of being able to acquire, explore, finance and develop mining projects world wide. Significant accomplishments of management while at Bema included:
- Built the company from inception in 1988 to a Cdn$3.5 billion market capitalization in 2007
- Responsible for 3 world class gold discoveries; Refugio and Cerro Casale in Chile and Kupol in Russia
- Discovered 32.7 million ounces gold, 6 billion pounds copper and 56.3 million ounces silver
- Raised approximately Cdn$750 million in equity and Cdn$782 million in project debt financings
- Built the Champagne mine in the USA, the Refugio mine in Chile, the Julietta mine in Russia, operated the Petrex mines in South Africa and were 70% through construction of the Kupol mine in Russia at the time of the merger with Kinross
- Created several thousand jobs worldwide
- Established excellent environmental and safety records and have positively impacted people’s lives through education and community involvement



