Board of Directors

Dr Russell Fountain  

Russell J Fountain - Non Executive Chairman
BSc, PhD, FAIG

Dr Fountain has over 40 years of successful international experience in all aspects of mineral exploration, project feasibility and development of mining projects.
 
Chris Farmer  

Christopher B Farmer - Managing Director
BSc (Hons), MBA, PhD

Dr Farmer has over 19 years of international experience in all aspects of exploration, with a strong emphasis on business development.
 
Robert Thomson  

Robert P Thomson - Director, Development
BE (Mining), MBA, FAusIMM

Mr Thomson has over 30 years of Australian and international mining experience. He has worked on 5 Asian development projects in the last 13 years including GM Development, Chatree Gold Mine in Thailand and Project Director, Sepon Gold Mine in Laos. Mr Thomson was CEO of Climax Mining Limited from 2003 to 2006 and Asian Mineral Resources Limited from 2006 to 2008.
 
Michael Stirzaker  

Michael H Stirzaker - Finance Director
BCom, CA

Mr Stirzaker is a Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of commercial experience, most of which has been in the mining finance and mining investment sectors, including mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings.

 
Steve Lonergan  

Stephen J Lonergan - Independent Non-Executive Director
LLB, LLM

Mr Lonergan is a commercial lawyer based in Sydney with more than 25 years experience in the Australian and international mining industry, having been General Counsel of Pancontinental Mining Group, a partner at Baker & McKenzie Sydney, and General Counsel and Company Secretary of Savage Resources Limited. Mr Lonergan is currently General Counsel and Company Secretary of CBH Resources Limited.

 
Stephen de Belle  

Stephen R de Belle - Independent Non-Executive Director
BA, MSc, MTCP

Mr de Belle has been closely involved with the start-up and operation of iron ore, coal, base metals, gold and petroleum projects and companies, and has particular expertise in the development and financing of projects in the resources and infrastructure sectors both in Australia and overseas. He is currently managing director of a geothermal and power technology company.

 
Thomas Quinn Roussel  

T Quinn Roussel - Non-Executive Director
BSc (Mining Engineering), MBA

Mr Roussel is a Principal of Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a mining-focussed private equity firm. Prior to joining RCF in 2006, he was Director of Business Development at one of RCF's portfolio companies in China. He has also worked as an engineer in both mining and the oil & gas industries.
 
 

Executive Management

Geoffrey Hiller  

Geoffrey R Hiller - Project Manager, Development
BSc Hons (Mining Engineering), BSc Hons (Civil Engineering), MBA

Mr Hiller has over 20 years of commercial experience, first in engineering consulting and then in investment banking. In the latter role he specialised in the mining finance and mining investment sectors, including funds management, mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings.

 
Chin Haw Lim  

Chin Haw Lim - Chief Financial Officer
BCom, CA, ACIS

Mr Lim qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and has been involved in the mining industry since that time. His mining and Indonesian experience included 8 years with Straits Resources Limited which operated the Girilambone copper mine (heap leach SX-EW) in New South Wales and the Sebuku Coal Mine in Indonesia and 5 years with Triako Resources Limited. He was also the company secretary of those companies.

 
Ian Morgan  

Ian H Morgan - Company Secretary
BBus, CA, ACIS, MAICD, FFin

Mr Morgan is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Company Secretary, with over 25 years experience.  He provides secretarial and advisory services to a range of companies, and is company secretary of other publicly listed companies.