Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 31, 1998

Margaret K. Witte – Royal Oak Mines Inc (ryo)

MARGARET K. (PEGGY) WITTE has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Corporation or a predecessor thereof since 1989. From 1986 to 1989, Ms. Witte was President and Chief Executive Officer of Neptune Resources Corp. Ms. Witte has a Master of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada - Reno and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Nevada. Ms. Witte is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and past director of the Mining Association of Canada and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Ms. Witte is a recipient of several awards, including Special Achievement Award, Canadian Mineral Processors (1985), Woman of Distinction Award Y.W.C.A. (1991), Developer of the Year, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (1993) and the Financial Post's Newsmaker of the Year (1994). Ms. Witte is also a director of Highwood Resources Ltd., Talisman Energy Inc., an oil and gas company, and Nova Corporation, a commodity chemicals company. Profile
TWST: Could you please give us a brief overview of Royal Oak Mines?

Ms. Witte: Royal Oak Mines is an intermediate-sized gold-mining company.

We're going to produce about 340,000 ounces of