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RAPAPORT... Martin Doyle, a former senior vice president of exploration for De Beers Canada, will joint he board of directors of Paragon Diamonds Limited. Doyle, 58, began his career with Anglo American in 1977 as a field geologist conducting diamond exploration in Botswana and he has worked in many other parts of the world in progressive roles for De Beers and Anglo American. Paragon Diamonds stated that Doyle's professional roles include the pioneering evaluation of marine diamond deposits and the development of seabed mining systems for De Beers Marine in South Africa; the exploration and investigation of seabed gold deposits in Chile; managing exploration research and support services for Anglo American in South Africa before returning to diamond exploration for De Beers in Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela. Francesco Scolaro, Paragon Diamonds' chairman, said, ''I welcome Martin to the board of directors of Paragon Diamonds. His role will greatly assist our management team in Lesotho to moving our projects towards production and at the same time offering the board expertise in identifying and evaluating other opportunities across the global diamond industry.'' Doyle operates his own consulting firm in Canada, Falmar Ltd., and in August he joined the board of mineral explorer Debut Diamonds.
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