Pedro Jacobi,  senior partner of Majestic Diamonds & Metals and  Octa Mineração ltda

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Pedro has 32 years experience in mineral exploration/mining with major international companies in Brazil and South Africa. He was directly responsible for relevant mineral discoveries e.g. Pedra Branca/Nova Roma Tin District (1973->30,000tSn), Grassvaley Cu-Ni-PGM (1979), Bacajá Gold Deposits (1982), Pará's Ilmenite (1990- >50Mt 62% TiO2), Ouro Roxo Gold (1993- >500,000oz Au@10g/t), Amapá Kaolin Deposits (1994- >12Mt delaminated), Xingu Kaolin Deposits (1995- >200Mt coating and filler), Ironwood Copper Belt (1995), São Jorge Gold (1995- 2Moz Au @ 1g/t) Tapajós Iron-Oxide Cu-Au Province containing the largest number of Proterozoic porphyry-gold deposits in Brazil, still under evaluation by Rio Tinto (1998)..Pedro managed large diamond exploration programs in Brazil being directly responsible for the discovery of low grade diamondiferous kimberlite pipes and the first lamproites of Amazon. He successfully established the portfolio of Octa Mineração and Majestic Diamonds & Metals in Brazil.


Pedro has participated in successful project evaluations and acquisitions e.g. Van Rooi's Vley Tin-Tungsten Mine in S.Africa (1981) and Copelmi Coal (1996) in Brazil. His work and negotiation skills have positioned Rio Tinto as a leader exploration company in the Tapajós Gold Province in the Araguaia Copper Belt, Juína Diamond Province and other important areas in Brazil. Pedro was the General Exploration Manager of RTDM (Rio Tinto Exploration-Brazil), and responsible for a US$9.4M multi-commodity exploration program (gold, diamonds, base-metals, titanium, iron, kaolin and coal). He has undertaken many benchmarking visits to mines and projects in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Bophutatswana, Peru, Chile, Canada, Spain, Holland, Portugal, United States and Brazil. He has made several technical presentations in Brazil and abroad. Before taking his position at Rio Tinto in 1996, Pedro was a Senior Consultant for the Rio Tinto Group during 7 years, and partner and executive director of a geological consulting company - GLOBALCONSULT. In 2004, Pedro co-founded an American mining company based in Bellevue, Seattle: the Majestic Diamonds & Metals that operates in Brazil through its subsidiary Octa Mineração Ltda. He is the principal executive on mining and exploration of these two companies. As an entrepreneur and businessman, he created and managed several successful private interprises. Pedro was born in Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, is married and has two sons.


BACKGROUND: BSc. Geology, Honors Degree - UFRGS '71, Porto Alegre - RS

EXTENSION COURSES: Introduction to Fortran - UFRGS, '71 Gossan Course - Rhodes University-South Africa, '78 Minerals Exploration Course - Shell International, The Hague, '79 Nickel Sulphide Deposits in Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks - University of Pretoria/ South Africa, '79 Mineral Economics - South Africa, '80 Negotiating Skills Course - South Africa, '80 Grade Control/Ore Reserve Estimation -South Africa, '80 Finance Course - University of Cape Town - South Africa, '81 Industrial Relations/Negotiation Strategies -Brazil, '84 Gold Exploration Course- Queen's University - Canada, '86 Executive Course- Queen's University - Canada, '97


CAREER HISTORY: Co-Founder and Chief Executive Mining & Exploration of Majestic Diamonds & Metals (2004-today), Co-Founder and Director of Octa Mineração LTDA (2004-today), Director and partner of AMAZON MINERAL EXPLORERS (1998-today}, GLOBALCONSULT (1981-today), INTERNET BRASÍLIA (2000-today), BRAZILIAN MINERALS (97-today). Worked for RTDM-RIO TINTO BRAZIL as General Exploration Manager for Brazil (1996 to '98) and as a Senior Consultant for Brazil (1989-96), for SHELL METALS as Senior Regional Geologist (Brazil), Regional Manager (Northern Transvaa-South Africa), Senior Project Geologist (Van Roois Vley Mine-South Africa), (1976 to '82), for CVRD- DOCEGEO as Field, Project and Regional Geologist, (1972 to '76) TERRASERVICE as Junior Geologist (1972)


FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English - fluent Spanish - advanced AGE: 53 years-old

Pedro S. L. Jacobi

Brasilia - DF - BRAZIL Phone: (55)(61) 461 4108/4110 Fax: (55)(61)461 4321 E-mail: pedro@jacobi.com.br

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