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Dr Chris Farmer: BSc(Hons), MBA, PhD — Managing Director
Dr Farmer has 15 years of international experience in all aspects of exploration, with an emphasis on international joint ventures and business development. After graduating from the University of Southampton, he completed a PhD at the Royal School of Mines in London. Previous positions include Vice-President Australasia and Chief Geologist, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation; and Senior Geologist with both Highlands Gold (Indonesia) Pty Ltd and Billiton Indonesia BV. Dr Farmer worked at the Lebong Tandai and Wetar gold mines in Indonesia, focusing on mine exploration. Elsewhere in the region, he has worked on gold, copper and base metal exploration projects in the Philippines, China, India and Australia and has evaluated projects in PNG, Laos, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, USA, Eastern Europe, South America, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Canada.
Email: Dr Farmer

Mr Stephen de Belle: BA, MSc, MTCP, MAICD — Non-Executive Director
Mr de Belle is a non-executive director of Midwest Corporation Ltd (ASX:MIS) and Principal, Kyle Associates. Previous roles include: Managing Director, Midwest; Chairman, Australian Superannuation Nominees Ltd (a specialist DIY super trustee company), Director of Xylogy Pty Ltd, Head of Resources Finance, ABN AMRO Australia; Director, Structured Finance, Barclays Bank and positions with BZW Australia, ANZ Capital Markets, ANZ McCaughan, Capel Court and CSR Minerals. Stephen has been closely involved with the start-up and operation of iron ore, coal, base metals, gold and petroleum projects and companies, particularly the development and financing of projects in the resources and infrastructure sectors both in Australia and overseas.
Email: Mr de Belle

 

Mr Ian Neuss: BSc (Hons), Dip Ed, MSc, FAIG, FAICD
Alternate Director to Dr Fountain
Mr Neuss has over 35 years mining experience including positions as Managing Director of Outokumpu Mining Australia Pty Ltd and Manager Overseas Exploration for CSR Ltd. Ian was responsible for commercial operations and exploration, building both CSR”s overseas, and Outokumpu”s minerals portfolio in Australia that lead to successful joint ventures, financial investments and mines. He has managed exploration and evaluation in Asia, including identification of and development of gold and base metals mines in Australia and Indonesia.
Email: Mr Neuss


 

 

 


rjfDr Russell Fountain: BSc, PhD, FAIG — Executive Chairman
Dr Fountain has 36 years of successful international experience in all aspects of mineral exploration, project feasibility and development of mining projects. Previous senior positions include President, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation; Exploration Manager, Nord Pacific Ltd and Chief Geologist, CSR Minerals. Russell has had global responsibility for corporate exploration programs with portfolios targeting copper, gold, nickel and mineral sands and has been accessing and managing mining opportunities for a significant portion of his career.
Email: Dr Fountain
Mr Steve Lonergan: LLB, LLM
Non-Executive Director

Mr Lonergan specialises in corporate and commercial law as a private practitioner. He is currently General Counsel and Company Secretary of CBH Resources Ltd and Director and Company Secretary of Paradigm Gold Ltd and has held similar positions with Savage Resources and Pancontinental Mining. Stephen has also been a Partner for Baker & McKenzie and worked for the International Air Transport Association, the Department of Defence and Department of Foreign Affairs. He has been involved in acquisitions and exploration arrangements in Canada, USA, Peru, Australia, South Asia and Africa.
Email: Mr Lonergan
Mr Ian Morgan B Bus, CA, ACIS, MAICD, ASIA — Company Secretary
Ian Morgan is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Company Secretary with initial experience working for a major international accounting firm. Subsequent experience includes six years with the Republic Group merchant bank and its listed and unlisted public company affiliates as Financial Controller and Company Secretary; two years with Green's Foods Limited as Group Financial Controller; and five years as Financial Accountant for Akzo Australia, the Australian subsidiary of the Dutch chemical and pharmaceutical company.
Email: Mr Morgan

Mr Dominic Barrington B Ap Sc (Hons), GD Min Ec, MSc (Dst), DIC - Commercial Manager
Dominic Barrington has over 20 years exprience in the Mining Industry in a variety of roles covering grass roots exploration throught to mine and coporate development. Mr Barrington has worked extensively in Asia and the Amercias in senior commercial and leagal roles.
Email: Mr Barrington

Mr Grant Harding - Operations Manager
Mr Harding is a qualified extractive metallurgist with over 25 years experience in the mining industry. He has extensive operational, engineering and project management experience in Australia and internationally in Indonesia, Myanmar, Ghana, Tanzania, and the Philippines. He held senior technical positions during the development, commissioning and production phases at Aurora Gold’s Mt Muro Gold Project in Kalimantan and at Newcrest Mining’s Gosowong Gold Project both in Indonesia. Grant was involved in the successful commissioning of Ivanhoe Copper’s Monywa Copper Heap Leach Project in Myanmar in 1998 and more recently as project manager at Avocet’s Bakan heap leach project in Indonesia.
Email: Mr Harding