Full background report
Rob Henderson
VP Technical Services
Career chronology
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AIF identifies officer since 3 January 2023.: Orezone Gold Corporation — VP Technical Services. 2025 annual information form (PDF pp59–61, Rob Henderson)
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CEO from 21 April 2020 through resignation 25 February 2022: Great Panther Mining — President and CEO. Great Panther announces CEO resignation (2022 CEO resignation announcement); Great Panther announces new CEO Rob Henderson (21 April 2020 CEO appointment)
Education and qualifications
Issuer-reported education and credentials
Qualification dates unverified · issuer reported · low materiality
The issuer reports: MBA and BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town; professional engineer. Independent verification was not obtained.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Claims are attributed to the issuer, and no independent credential verification is asserted.
Relevance: Relevant to professional background.
Management biographies (leadership biography for Rob Henderson)
Business failures and setbacks
Tucano operational and environmental setbacks
2021–2022 · disputed · medium materiality
Great Panther temporarily suspended UCS mining in 2021 after pit-wall movement; the Amapá environmental agency issued three notices totalling BRL 50 million after a fish mortality investigation. The company contested causation and sought cancellation. Henderson stepped down as CEO in February 2022; Great Panther entered bankruptcy in December 2022, after his departure.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Henderson was CEO during the 2021 issues but had left before bankruptcy. Individual causation is not established and the notices’ final outcome is unverified.
Relevance: A prior operating and environmental oversight episode relevant to the technical-services role.
2021 management discussion and analysis (UCS geotechnical and Notices of Infraction sections, pp4–5); Great Panther announces CEO resignation (Resignation announcement); Great Panther voluntary bankruptcy (16 December bankruptcy announcement); Great Panther announces new CEO Rob Henderson (21 April 2020 CEO appointment)
Suitability for the current role
Experience relevant to the role
Reported career and current role · analyst inference · low materiality
Issuer reports senior roles at Great Panther, Amerigo, Kinross and others; Great Panther confirms CEO until February 2022. Relevance to the current role is an analytical inference; issuer-reported history is not independent confirmation of personal contribution.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment; career dates, credentials and individual contributions remain incomplete.
Relevance: Relevant to the responsibilities of VP Technical Services.
2025 annual information form (PDF pp59–61, Rob Henderson)
Evidence gaps
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Independent credentials and complete prior-employer dates and outcomes are not established.
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This limited open-source screening does not exhaust regulatory, court, safety, fraud or environmental records in the relevant jurisdictions.
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A broad person-name query was reused across multiple topic headings; it does not establish that each topic received a separate targeted search.