Directors

The Board guides and monitors the business and management of the Company on behalf of shareholders by whom the Board members are elected and to whom they are accountable

Peter Cook

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Cook is a Geologist with over 35 years of experience in the field of exploration, project, operational and corporate management of mining companies. Over the past two decades, Peter has founded or served as Managing Director or Chairman for many successful mining and resource development companies in gold and base metals. He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Westgold Resources Limited (ASX: WGX), where he was previously Executive Chairman before recently deciding to step back from all executive roles. Peter is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Castile Resources Limited (ASX: CST) and served as the Non-executive Chairman of Nelson Resources Limited (ASX: NES) until February 2019.

Over his distinguished career Peter has been recognised by the industry, being awarded the GMJ Mining Executive of the year in 2001, the Asia-Mining Executive of the year awarded at the Mines and Money Conference in Hong Kong in 2015, the Mining News CEO of the Year award in 2018 and the Gavin Thomas Mining Award in 2019.

Matthew Carr

Executive Director

Mr Carr is a successful and experienced company director having founded Urban Capital Group. Urban Capital Group is a private equity company with a strong focus on property backed investment and security. Matthew is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Andina.

Barry Bourne

Non-Executive Director

Mr Bourne is a Geologist and the Principal Consultant at Terra Resources Pty Ltd which specialises in geophysical survey design, acquisition, processing, modelling, inversion, data integration, interpretation, and drill hole targeting.

Mr Bourne has significant exploration success and strong leadership qualities alongside his technical abilities. Mr Bourne worked for over 12 years with Barrick Gold which included six years in-country experience in developing nations (Papua New Guinea, East/West Africa, South America) and three years working on the Carlin trend in the USA. Prior to Barrick Gold, Mr Bourne was principal geophysicist of Homestake Gold.

Mr Bourne was shortlisted for the Australian innovation Awards in 2012 and was the Advance Global Australian of the Year for Mining and Resources in 2013.

Mr Bourne holds BSc (Hons), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, is on the technical advisory committee for UWA Centre for Exploration Targeting, and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Zane Lewis

Company Secretary

Mr Lewis is a principal and joint founder of corporate advisory firm SmallCap Corporate which specialises in corporate advice and compliance administration to public companies. He is also a Fellow of Chartered Secretaries Australia. Zane provides the board with a wealth of knowledge obtained from his diverse financial and corporate experience in previous appointments.