Kevin Dabinett

KEVIN DABINETT is Chief Executive Officer of Petra Diamonds Limited. Mr.
Dabinett was born in Zambia and educated in England, graduating with an
Honors degree in Mining Engineering in 1976 from the Royal School of
Mines, London. He has since gained extensive operational and management
experience within the mining industry across southern Africa. Throughout
his career, Mr. Dabinett has successfully managed various mining
operations in southern Africa, often in difficult conditions. Most
recently, Mr. Dabinett was with Impala Platinum Ltd. as General Manager
of the Marula platinum project. He also had several years’ experience
with Auridiam Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. as General Manager where he oversaw
the feasibility study and commissioning of the pilot plant at the River
Ranch diamond project in Zimbabwe, then managed the expansion of the
project into a 2 million tonne per annum operating mine.