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| | | Robert Cross
Director
Mr. Cross is a Director of Avanti and also the Founder, Chairman and a Director of Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (since 2004), a public company listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. He was the Chairman and a Director of Northern Orion Resources Inc. (from 2001 to 2007), prior to it being acquired by Yamana Gold Inc. In 2002, Mr. Cross was Chairman of EAGC Ventures Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange company which was subsequently sold to Bema Gold Corporation. Between 1996 and 1998, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yorkton Securities Inc., and from 1987 to 1994 he was a Partner-Investment Banking of Gordon Capital Corporation in Toronto. Mr. Cross has an Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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