Management

Mr. George Ogilvie, President and CEO of Rambler Metals and Mining. George is also the Chairman of the Mining Industry Newfoundland and Labrador, an association representing the business interests of mining, exploration and mine service company's in our province.

Mr. Ogilvie received his B.Sc.(Hons.) in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Professional Engineer and holds his Mine Managers Certificate (South Africa) with more than 22 years management, operating and technical experience in the mining industry. 

George began his career working for Anglo America where he worked for AngloGold in South Africa between 1989 and 1997 holding roles of increasing responsibility. In 1997 George transferred from AngloGold to work for Anglo Base Metals at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting in Northern Manitoba where he played a key operations role as the Mine Superintendent at the Ruttan Mine. In 2004 he joined Dynatec Corporation as their Area Manager for the Sudbury Basin where he managed multi-million dollar contracts and later worked at the McCreedy West Mine as Mine Manger. George joined Rambler Metals and Mining in 2006 as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer later being promoted to CEO in 2008 with the mandate of taking Rambler from a grass roots exploration Company to a mid-tier mining company over a 5 to 10 year time frame.

Mr. Williams joined the Company as Financial Controller, at the Company’s subsidiary Rambler Metals & Mining Canada Limited, and was subsequently promoted to Chief Financial Officer of The Company. Mr. Williams is a Chartered Accountant with 12 years financial and management experience.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williams served as Manager of Finance and Administration at the St. John’s Port Authority and earlier as Senior Manager at Deloitte providing professional services and advice to his clients including  junior exploration companies throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.   Mr. Williams completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland and later received his Chartered Accountant designation from The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Mercer received his B.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.  With over 10 years of experience he served the first half of his career as an Exploration Geologist with Altius Minerals Corporation working on various grass roots projects all over the Island.  Officially joining the Rambler team in 2007 as Project Coordinator, he was later promoted to Vice President of Corporate Development in August 2010 and then accepted the Corporate Secretary position of the Company in January 2011.  Mr. Mercer is responsible for providing input toward the strategic direction of the Company in addition to managing the investor relations aspect of the business.

Mr. Sanford has over 17 years of experience at various supervisory levels and throughout his career has been involved in all aspect of underground development. Mr. Sanford’s latest position was Chief Engineer with Goldcorp Canada Limited’s Musselwhite Mine where he was responsible for the entire engineering group. Tim is currently a member of the Professional Engineers Association of Ontario.

Tim joined the company in March of 2010, was promoted to Acting General Manager in September 2010 and later accepted the position of General Manager early in 2011. Mr. Sanford is directly responsible for all aspects of the Ming Mine and has played a key role in bringing the former producing mine back into operation.

Mr. Pilgrim has an exploration and production mine geology background having worked extensively over the last 25 years in eastern Canada with companies that include Richmont Mines Inc. and more recently Commander Resources Limited. During this time period Mr. Pilgrim has also operated and managed his own exploration company.

Larry is directly responsible for managing the geology and exploration of the Ming Mine Project.