Directors
ANDREW J DRUMMOND, B.Sc.(Hons), F.AusIMM, C Man, MAIG, MGSA
(Executive Chairman, member of the Nomination Committee)
Andrew Drummond is a geologist with 40 years of industry experience in exploration, development, mining and management. He has had senior management and/or directorship roles with Zephyr Minerals NL, Black Range Minerals NL, Catalpa Ltd, the ACM Group, Homestake Gold Australia Ltd and Westgold Resources Ltd.
He has extensive experience with many commodities in hardrock and alluvial environments in Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Russia and China.
Mr Drummond is currently a director of TNT Mines Limited (a public unlisted Company and former wholly owned subsidiary of Minemakers Limited) and Bonaparte Diamond Mines Pty Ltd (this company was removed from the Official List of ASX on 5 August 2009).
DENNIS W WILKINS, B.Bus., AICD, ACIS
(Finance Director, member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees)
Dennis Wilkins is the founder and principal of DWCorporate Pty Ltd, a leading privately held corporate advisory firm servicing the natural resources industry.
Since 1994 he has been a director of, and involved in the executive managment of, several publicly listed resource companies with operations in Australia, PNG, Scandinavia and Africa. From 1995 to 2001 he was the Finance Director of Lynas Corporation Ltd during the period when the Mt Weld Rare Earths project was acquired by the group. He was also founding director and advisor to Atlas Iron Limited at the time of Atlas' initial public offering in 2006.
Since July 2001 Mr Wilkins has been running DWCorporate Pty Ltd where he advises on the formation of, and capital raising for, emerging companies in the Australian resources sector.
He is currently non-executive Chairman of Australian listed company Key Petroleum Limited and non-executive director of Enterprise Metals Ltd.
EDWARD (TED) J ELLYARD, B.Sc (Geology), Grad.Dip, MAusIMM, MAAPG
(Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees)
Ted Ellyard is a geologist with over 35 years experience in mineral and petroleum exploration, development and production. Mr Ellyard graduated from Curtin University, Perth in 1974 and has worked for several major Australian and international resource companies. Mr Ellyard was Managing Director and CEO of Hardman Resources Ltd from 1996 to late 2004. In that role he oversaw that company's dramatic market capitalisation growth from less than $5 million to over $1.5 billion.
Mr Ellyard has been involved at board level in the management of listed Australian resource companies for the past 25 years and has been a founding director of several listed companies.
RICHARD O'SHANNASSY, B.Juris., LL.B. (Hons)
(Non Executive Director, member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees)
Richard O'Shannassy is a commercial lawyer with over 30 years experience in the mining and energy sectors. He has experienced private legal practice, including conducting his own practice in Perth for nearly 20 years, as well as in-house roles and most recently, he was General Counsel and Company Secretary for Hardman Resources Limited until it was acquired by Tullow Oil plc under a Scheme of Arrangement in early 2007. He has served upon mining industry committees over a number of years and is a member of Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Inc. Currently, Mr O’Shannassy is a director of Hardman Resources Pty Ltd (formerly ASX listed company Hardman Resources Limited) and non-executive director of Brierty Ltd.
Company Secretary
JOHN RIBBONS, B.Bus., CPA, ACIS
John Ribbons is an accountant who has worked within the resources industry for over 18 years in the capacity of company accountant, group financial controller, chief financial officer or company secretary.
Mr Ribbons has extensive knowledge and experience with ASX listed production and exploration companies. He has considerable site based experience with operating mines and has also been involved with the listing of several exploration companies on ASX. Mr Ribbons has experience in capital raising, ASX and TSX compliance and regulatory requirements. Currently, Mr Ribbons is a director of Montezuma Mining Company Limited.