Afritin Mining has a strong dedicated management team and quality strategic partners.
The company’s management carries over 120 years’ experience in bringing mines into production in Africa with highly experienced geologists, engineers and metallurgists. Management also carries in-depth knowledge and capability of the financial markets.
Anthony Viljoen
CEO

Anthony is a mining entrepeneur and founding shareholder of VM Investment Company. He has been responsible for the identification and development of a number of mineral projects across Africa. He was the founding director and CEO of Australian listed Lemur Resources and remains a Non-executive Director of Bushveld Minerals.
Frans van Daalen
COO

Frans is a qualified mining engineer with 18 years operational and technical experience over a broad range of commodities. He is a co-founder and director of VBKom, a mining and industrial engineering and project management consultancy.
Robert Sewell
CFO

Robert is a CA (SA) with 12 years commercial and financial experience across various industries. He completed his training at Deloitte in Johannesburg and also gained international experience during a secondment to the Deloitte Sydney office.
Kate Bredin
Corporate Development Officer

Kate Bredin completed her Bachelor of Commerce in 1999 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance, Banking and Investment Management in 2000 from the University of Natal.
Since then, she has worked for Investec, Morgan Stanley and Legg Mason Investments (previously Citigroup Asset Management) before joining VM Investment Company in Johannesburg in 2009. As Senior Project Manager at VM Investment Company, Kate has conducted ASX listings and possesses extensive experience of corporate governance.
Timothy Marais
Exploration Manager

Tim is a qualified exploration geologist with over 6 years’ experience. He has worked on multiple commodities with projects across Africa and projects ranging from greenfields exploration to pre-feasibility studies. He is primarily focused on project development, management and near-term value realisation.
Jan Rabe
Lead Process Engineer

Machiel Odendaal
Lead Engineer
