
1 September 2009
Sheraton Perth Hotel, WA
| James Allan is a mining engineer with an MBA who has worked in the mining and mining financial services industries for the past 25 years. James was a top rated diamond and coal analyst on the JSE whilst working at Barnard Jacobs Mellet. He was instrumental in gaining an extra $2-00 per share for shareholders when Anglo American and the Oppenheimer family delisted De Beers in 2001. James joined QuestCo, a corporate advisory boutique in 2003. He left QuestCo in 2005 to form his own company. He was joined by René Hochreiter in November 2006 and Allan Hochreiter (Pty) Ltd have advised a number of large, medium and small companies. These include Mistusbishi, BHP Billiton, De Beers, Platmin, Mululamisi Mining, Sefalana Mineral Resources to name a few. For a detailed list of clients see www.allanhochreiter.co.za James has also helped two alluvial diamond companies raise in excess of R500m in order to fund operations. James has interests in Lesedi Drilling & Mining Company, an underground diamond drilling company and in Partners Drilling, a surface exploration drilling company. |