Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> June 19, 2000

Jocelyn Waller – Avocet Mining Plc (avm.l)

JOCELYN WALLER is the Chief Executive of Avocet Mining Plc. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1966 he spent 22 years with the Anglo American/Charter Consolidated group. He had management positions with the Tronoh group of tin mines in Malaysia and Thailand (1969-1974), the SMTF copper/cobalt project in Zaire (1974-1977), Cleveland Potash Ltd. in UK (1977-1980), Beralt Tin & Wolfram in Portugal (1980-1988) and Charter Consolidated Plc in London (Commercial Manager of the Mining Division 1980-1988). In 1989 he set up Avocet and has been Chief Executive of that company ever since. Profile
TWST: Could you profile Avocet Mining briefly? Mr Waller: We've been a

London listed company since April 1996. We evolved from Avocet Ventures

Inc. which was a Vancouver Stock Exchange listed