Peter Breese is president, CEO and director of Asanko Gold Inc. Breese has over 25 years of operational experience in the global mining industry, predominantly in southern Africa and Australia. Prior to joining Asanko, he was most recently CEO of Mantra Resources, before its US$1 billion acquisition by ARMZ in 2011 and chief executive of Norilsk International, following its acquisition of LionOre Mining in 2007, where he was COO.