Marius Welthagen (20 years on the board of Thabex) (Chief Executive) A Junior Mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He has 32 years of mining experience. Mr Welthagen is a qualified mining engineer and specialised in mineral economics (MEng (Mining), MPhil Mineral Economics, BCom Hons (Economics)). He was employed at Kloof Gold Mine, Greenside Coal Mine in the Gold Fields Group as Mining Engineer, at the Minerals Bureau of South Africa as mineral economist and as a gold and platinum analyst for a leading stockbroker on the JSE. He is also chairman of Saminco Limited, a mining investment company. He was a founder member of SA Chrome and Alloys Ltd now Efora Energy Ltd