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Head of Mining Cadiz Corporate Solutions Peter Major was born in Vancouver , British Columbia on 16 May 1955 . His family moved to Kellogg , Idaho , the ‘ silver mining capital of the world ’ in 1961 , where Peter grew up and worked through 1981 . Peter graduated from Montana School of Mines in 1981 and came to South Africa in Jan 1982

to work for Harmony Gold Mine . He completed his South African Mine Manager ’ s Certificate , an MBA from UCT and thereafter worked as a consultant and as Marketing Manager for Eimco Mining Machinery SA . Peter began his investment career with Allan Gray in 1989 as a gold mine analyst . He then spent 10 years as mining analyst & fund manager at Nedcor Investment Bank where he was won 3 Raging Bull Awards and was Top Fund Manager 2 different years and Runner Up 1 year . In 2001 as CIO he set up HBD Asset Management with Mark

Shuttleworth , with assets of $ 530m growing to $ 1.5bn by 2005 . In 2006 Peter joined Cadiz where he focuses on Private Equity , Capital Raising and M & A activity in the Mining & Resources sector . Peter Major was born in Vancouver BC in 1955 , moved to Kellogg Idaho , the Silver Capital of the World in 1961 . For the next 20 years , most of his schooling and work life was based in the Silver Valley except for university . Peter graduated from Montana School of Mines in 1981 and came to South Africa in Jan 1982 to work for Harmony Gold Mine . He completed his South African Mine Manager ’ s Certificate , an MBA from UCT and thereafter worked as a consultant and as Marketing Manager for Eimco Mining Machinery S . A . Peter began his investment career with Allan Gray for 2 years in 1989 as a gold mine analyst . He then spent 10 years as senior fund manager & mining analyst at Nedcor Investment Bank . In 2006 Peter joined Cadiz where he focuses on private Equity , Capital Raising and M & A activity in the Mining & Resources sector .

34 March 2017