Sam Coetzer

Sam Coetzer was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Star in January 2013. Sam joined Golden Star in March 2011 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until December 2012. Sam is a mining engineer and a member of the World Gold Council. He has over 26 years of international mining experience with Kinross, Xstrata, Xstrata Coal and Placer Dome. From February 2009 until joining Golden Star, Sam consulted to and was subsequently appointed as Senior Vice President at Kinross responsible for the South Americas in 2010 prior to joining Golden Star.