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| | | Russell Hallbauer
Position: President, CEO and Director
 Russell Hallbauer has worked in the mining industry for the past 30 years. Prior to joining Taseko in mid 2005, he was General Manager of Base Metal Joint Ventures at Teck Cominco Ltd. where his responsibilities included overseeing the Highland Valley Copper mine in central BC as well as Compañía Minera Antamina in South America, a Joint Venture between Teck Cominco and a number of international mining companies. Mr. Hallbauer has also served as Teck Cominco's General Manager of Coal Operations, in charge of restructuring the Quintette and Elkview mines, and returning those mines to profitability. He is the past Chairman of the Mining Association of British Columbia and is the President of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for 2005-2006.
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| | | John McManus
Position: VP, Operations
 John McManus has been involved in the mining industry in British Columbia for 25 years where he has gained experience in mine operations, mine engineering and environmental management. Before joining Taseko in 2005, he was the General Manager, Coal Mountain Operations at Elk Valley Coal Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. McManus was the Mine Manager at Teck Cominco's coal mining joint venture Bullmoose operation, General Superintendent at the Elkview coal mine and Superintendent of Engineering at the Quintette operation. His past experience also includes five years working in operations and engineering at the Highland Valley and Lornex copper mines.
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| | | Ronald Thiessen
Position: Chairman of the Board and Director
 Ronald Thiessen is an accredited public accountant in Canada. Since the 1980's, Ron has concentrated on the development of venture capital financing for emerging public and private companies. He is a corporate officer and director of several publicly traded exploration and development companies.
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