Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 22, 2003

GEORGE FAUGHT – NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM LTD (PAL)

GEORGE D. FAUGHT is Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of North American Palladium Ltd. In November 1999, Mr. Faught joined North American Palladium in his current role and was instrumental in raising $375 million for the expansion of the Lac des Iles mine. He is responsible for managing the company's financial accounting and reporting, financings and hedging strategies for PGMs and by-product metals, input costs and foreign exchange. Prior to joining North American Palladium, Mr. Faught was employed by Hudson's Bay Mining & Smelting, an integrated base metals producer, and Williams Resources, an international gold producer. Mr. Faught is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of senior financial management experience. He has been the Chief Financial Officer with publicly traded companies in the natural resources, pharmaceutical and financial services industries. Profile
TWST: Would you give us an overview of North American Palladium's

operations?

Mr. Faught: North American Palladium produces palladium and other

precious metals and base metals from a single