Stephen Dattels is a prolific, successful and activist mining entrepreneur. As he is involved with a substantial number of mining companies, investors may find it useful to be aware of his activities.

The purpose of this thread is to try and track those actvities. Please be careful not to post anything defamatory. He really deserves a Wiki in his own right! Please let me know of any important facts you feel should be added to this thread header.


Biography

OK, to kick things off, a brief biog. can be found on the Regent Pacific website here: http://www.regentpac.com/template?series=10&article=18

Stephen Roland Dattels, Canadian, was appointed as non-executive Co-Chairman of the Board on 12 February 2008. Mr Dattels is an experienced senior mining executive, and was one of the key executives at Barrick Gold Corporation (whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange) during its formative years before leaving in 1987. He has helped to form and finance a number of mining ventures, including UraMin Inc, which was sold to AREVA NP, the French state owned nuclear company for approximately US$2.5 billion in cash in August 2007. Mr Dattels has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University, a law degree (cum laude) from the University of Western Ontario and has completed the Program for Management Development at HarvardUniversity.

Mr Dattels is also a director of Regent Coal. He is also: (i) a non-executive director of Caledon Resources plc; (ii) non-executive co-chairman of the board of Emerging Metals Limited; and (iii) the executive chairman of the board of Polo Resources Limited, all of which are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.


Associates

He is closely associated with James ("Jim") Mellon, who described SD as "my partner" and "a brilliant mining entrepreneur" at the 2009 Master Investor Show in London (my notes from the show can be found here: http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=11530486). JM's biog. is here: http://www.regentpac.com/template?series=10&article=6 JM currently features as number 88 in the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List, with an estimated net worth of £500m: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6184985.ece

SD's wife, Jennifer Dattels, is President of Regent Mercantile Bancorp Inc of Toronto (a private company), which has a rather cryptic website: http://www.regentbanc.com/ A little more information can be found here: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4773972

Regent Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. provides investment advisory…

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