Our Team

Maribo Resources has assembled a proven team of professionals with
a wide range of technical and business experience. The Maribo team
has successfully explored for and developed oil & gas assets in most
major basins in the world including Canada, Trinidad, Jamaica, Brazil,
Argentina, Turkey, Russia, Qatar, Algeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, India and Indonesia.

OUR TEAM

Learn more about our leadership group.

Gerold Fong

Gerold Fong

President

Mr Fong is a founder of Maribo Resources and a seasoned Exploration geophysicist with over 35 years of international and frontier experience in a diverse number of basins worldwide. His early career included assignments with Petro-Canada, Bow Valley Industries and Chauvco resources in China, offshore West Africa, Indonesia, Algeria, Quebec Lowlands and Argentina respectively. His later experience as an International consultant expanded his expertise to basins in Turkey, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, India, Venezuela, the Republic of Georgia, offshore Jamaica, Offshore Nova Scotia and the Mackenzie delta.

Mr. Fong was most recently the Vice President of Exploration with Wentworth Resources Ltd a company traded on the London and Oslo exchanges with operations in East Africa (Tanzania and Mozambique).

Prior to that he co-founded Voyager Energy in December 2004 and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer until March 2010 when the company was acquired by Niko Resources Ltd. He continued with Niko as Vice President Caribbean region and headed up their Trinidad operations until October 2012.

During his tenure the company became the largest holder of exploration acreage in Trinidad. Mr. Fong’s involvement in Trinidad goes back more than a decade and includes the execution and management of complex exploration projects from concept to drilling both onshore and offshore. His reputation as a respected explorationist was instrumental in attracting several international exploration companies to Trinidad. Mr. Fong was the exploration manager for Canadian Superior energy when they acquired block 5 (c) in 2003 which eventually led to the discovery of the Endeavor and Bounty gas fields.

He served as a Director of Voyager Energy Ltd from December 2004 to March 2010. He also served as a director of Petrolympic Ltd (TSX: PCQ.v)., from December 2007 to November 2011 and as a Chairman of Sagres Energy Inc (TSX: SGI.v). a company he co-founded from April 2009 to May 2011.

He is a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of Alberta and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Mr Fong holds B.Sc. in Geophysics from University of Calgary 1982.

Mr. Bury is a senior executive with 30+ years of domestic and international experience and has been in strategic planning, finance, project management and stakeholder communication roles. His experience is with both public and private companies and spans a variety of industries including oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, environmental and information technology. He is a founder and the Executive Vice President and Director of Maribo Resources.

Mr. Bury was most recently the Managing Director of Wentworth Resources Limited a company traded on the London and Oslo stock exchanges with operations in East Africa (Tanzania and Mozambique). Reporting directly to the Executive Chairman, this position has the overall accountability for all operating, technical, financial and shareholder relations activities for this publicly traded oil and gas company. As part of this role, Mr. Bury was involved in the negotiation of commercial sales contracts and the commencement of production from the Mnazi Bay gas field.

Prior to that he was the Chief Financial Officer for Voyager Energy and Trans-Dominion Energy, both international E&P companies, as well as the Finance Manager of Qatar Fuel Additives Company, a world-scale methanol and MTBE production facility. His experience spans the globe including operations, evaluation and management of projects in North America, the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa. Mr. Bury obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1984 and became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta in 1986 and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Geoff Bury

Geoff Bury

Executive Vice President & Director

Sookdeo Heeralal

Sookdeo Heeralal

Country Manager

Mr. Heeralal has over 40 years of extensive knowledge and diversified experience in both the local and international petroleum industry. He has demonstrated the ability to operate in high performing, business oriented, customer driven organizations (inclusive of an integrated oil and gas company); whilst ensuring sustainability through complying with State regulatory standards and deploying an environmental, social, and governance agenda.

Proven track record of performance and delivery with competence in leading and working with multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural and multi-national teams to identify portfolio opportunities and maximize shareholder value from existing assets. Effective networking capabilities; excellent rapport with foreign and local energy executives, the various Ministries and regulatory agencies.

Travelled globally and held meetings with senior executives of international oil and gas companies (UK, Spain, China, Malaysia, South Africa, Brazil, Columbia, Suriname, USA, Canada). Excellent petroleum negotiator with strong business/commercial acumen and experience in joint venture marketing, initiating new business deals, contract development, contract negotiation and administration, managing relationships with key stakeholders and participating in technical projects with both local and foreign joint venture partners. Wide cross-sectional experience, ranging from mudlogging at the wellsite to generating exploration and development prospects to carrying opportunities through drilling and production stages to developing and evaluating business opportunities.

Credited with having proposed and drilled two very successful exploration wells in Petrotrin (ALS- 14 and CO-133). Expert knowledge in granting instruments (E&P Licences and Production Sharing Contracts) and the numerous joint venture agreements used throughout the petroleum industry worldwide (Joint Operating Agreement, Accounting Procedure, Confidentiality Agreement, Sale and Purchase Agreement, Study and Bid Agreement, Unitisation & Unit Operating Agreement, Oil and Gas Offtake and Sales Agreement, etc.).

Demonstrated ability to assimilate and synthesize geological-geophysical- production data for prospect identification. Advanced log interpretation and geologic mapping skills, including workstation-based 3D seismic interpretation.

Mr. Heeralal has a BSc in Special Honours Geology and a MBA from Edinburgh University and is an active member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.

Mr. Rodrigue is a Petroleum Geologist with over 35 years of experience in both International and frontier areas. His experience includes field operations, play generation and detailed reservoir characterization and spans the globe: Caribbean, South America, Southeast Asia, Russia, North and East Africa, Alaska and Frontier of Canada (East Coast, Mackenzie Delta and West Coast).

He has been key member of assessment teams in analyzing hydrocarbon potential in various basins and new ventures. He has developed geological models based on sequence stratigraphy concepts in various depositional settings from alluvial fans to fluvio-deltaic sequence, wave-dominated shoreface and turbiditic facies.

He has conducted various diagenetic studies regarding secondary porosity, investigated wellbore stability, stress regime, clay sensitivity and formation damage. He has conducted on-site core and outcrop studies for reservoir characterization in various countries.

Mr. Rodrigue is a well-rounded geological specialist who holds a Master Degree in Petrology and Stratigraphy from Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

Germain Rodrique

Germain Rodrigue

Senior Geologist

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