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Born in 1958, Lukas Lundin was raised in Stockholm, Sweden and educated at the Ecole Internationale de Genève in Switzerland. In 1981, Mr. Lundin graduated from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (engineering).
At age 25 Mr. Lundin headed International Petroleum Corporation’s extensive and rapidly growing international operations and was based in the Company’s technical office in Dubai, U.A.E. for over 12 years.
From 1990 to June 1995, Mr. Lundin was President of International Musto Exploration Limited and was responsible for Musto’s acquisition of the Bajo de la Alumbrera deposit. Bajo de la Alumbrera was the subject of a $500 million takeover by Rio Algom and North Limited and is now one of the largest gold/copper producers in the world. Mr. Lundin was also responsible for Argentina Gold and the discovery of the multi-million ounce Veladero gold deposit. Veladero was the subject of a $300 million takeover by Homestake in 1999. In addition, Mr. Lundin was a senior director of Lundin Oil AB and was instrumental in the $480 million takeover of Lundin Oil by Talisman Energy in 2001. Mr. Lundin is currently director of a number of publicly traded resource companies and is based out of Vancouver, Canada.
Historical connections with the Lundin Family and other assignments within the Lundin Group:
Lukas Lundin is the first child of Adolf Lundin. He currently serves as Chairman of Tanganyika Oil Co. Ltd., Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd., Vostok Gas Ltd., Canadian Gold Hunter Ltd, Denison Mine Corp., Pearl Exploration & Production Ltd., Red Back Mining Inc., Lundin Mining Corp. and is a Board member of Atacama Minerals Corp. He owns 796,845 shares in Lundin Petroleum.
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