Argenta Management

Claudio Larotonda, President

MBA, Geologist; 20 years experience in USA, Argentina and Venezuela. Pioneered Astra’s first international business in Venezuela. Worked for Unocal as Senior Business Developer in Latin America. Also worked for Baker Hughes and YPF.

Richard Cole, Chief Operating Officer

MBA, Chief Operating Officer: Petroleum Engineer; 30 years experience in USA, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Middle East, Russia. Worked with Apache, Quintana, Schlumberger, Oxy, UTP and Geopark, amongst others.

María José Taveira, Chief Financial Officer

MSc London Business School, CPA. 20 years experience in investment banking and in the oil and gas industry. Worked for Repsol YPF as senior new business developer, negotiation manager and e-business manager. Additionally responsible for the re-design of processes and implementation of Best Practices in Supplier Strategic Management for E&P at a worldwide level.

Colin Grant, Treasurer

More than 20 years experience with publicly traded companies in Canada.

Daniel Gordon, VP Corporate Development

Lawyer and Civil Engineer; 23 years experience in various Latin American countries, working for Astra, acquired Oxy Argentina and YPF. Pioneered Repsol activities in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

Ricardo Pescara, VP Exploration and Production

Petroleum Engineer; 25 years experience in both large integrated and small start-up E&P companies in many Latin American countries. Pioneered Repsol activities in Venezuela, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. Expertise in Reservoir Engineering, Operations and Economic Modeling.

Victor Linari, Senior Geologist / Geophysics

26 years of diversified E&P experience in Geophysics and Geology, former top G&G advisor for Apache in South America, also worked for Pioneer, Tecpetrol, YPF and Geosource Exploration.

Charlotte May, Corporate Secretary

Over 20 years experience gained in the institutional brokerage industry and the oil and gas and junior industrial sectors. Ms. May provides consulting services to a number of junior resource companies in the areas of marketing, corporate secretarial and public company administration.

Strategic Consultants

Jorge Cerdan, Geophysics

35+ years experience in exploration and development throughout South America. Worked for YPF, Exxon, Astra, Repsol. Specialist in data processing and interpretation.

Daniel Dellape, Geology

30+ years experience in both large integrated (YPF, Exxon) and small independent (Astra, Perez Companc, Bridas, San Jorge) E&P companies in many Latin American countries. Discovered many hydrocarbon fields in Argentina and Venezuela. Oil finder.

Daniel Boggetti, Geology

25+ years worked as explorationist. One of the supporters of the Surface Geological School of YPF. Has worked in every basin of Argentina and most of the basins of Latin America. Unique expertise in geological modeling.
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