EX-5.7 8 d745128dex57.htm EX-5.7 EX-5.7

Exhibit 5.7

CONSENT OF QUALIFIED PERSON

 

TO:    Ontario Securities Commission, as Principal Regulator
   British Columbia Securities Commission
   Alberta Securities Commission
   Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
   The Manitoba Securities Commission
   Nova Scotia Securities Commission
   Financial and Consumer Services Commission, New Brunswick
   Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Prince Edward Island
   Office of the Superintendent of Securities Service Newfoundland and Labrador
AND TO:    Golden Star Resources Ltd.
   Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
   Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
RE:    Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus of Golden Star Resources Ltd. (the “Company”)

I refer to the short form base shelf prospectus of the Company dated June 16, 2014 (as may be amended from time to time in the future, the “Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus”), which Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus is included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-10 (as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2014, and any amendments thereto and any registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the “Registration Statement”).

I have been named in the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus and the Registration Statement as a “qualified person”, as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, who has reviewed or supervised the preparation of information contained in the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Golden Star Resources Ltd., Wassa Gold Mine, Ghana” effective date December 31, 2012 and filed on March 21, 2013 and the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on Resources and Reserves Golden Star Resources Ltd., Bogoso Prestea Gold Mine, Ghana” effective date December 31, 2013 and filed on March 14, 2014 (the “QP Information”), being information upon which scientific or technical information relating to the Company’s mineral properties contained or incorporated by reference in the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus and the Registration Statement is based.

I hereby consent to the use of my name in the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus and the Registration Statement and to the use and the inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus and the Registration Statement of the QP Information.

I confirm that I have read the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus and all information incorporated by reference therein and that I have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) contained therein that are (i) derived from the QP Information or (ii) within my knowledge as a result of the services I have performed for the Company in connection with the QP Information.


Dated this 18th day of June, 2014.

 

Yours very truly,

/s/ Chris Bray

Name:   Chris Bray
Title:   Principal Consultant (Mining)
  SRK Consulting (UK) Limited