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Corporate
Directors

An experienced Exploration & Management team with a proven discovery track record

Non-Executive Chair

John Poynton AO

30+ years experience
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John has decades of advisory and capital markets experience across equity, debt, infrastructure, and property. In parallel with his career as an investment banker, John has also been an active non-executive director of ASX-listed companies, government and education bodies and not-for-profit organisations. John is executive chair of Poynton Stavrianou Pty Ltd and is a non-executive director of Perth Airport Pty Ltd. John has served on the boards of ASX, Alinta, Austal, Crown, Fleetwood and Multiplex and for the Federal Government has been a director of EFIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board and the Higher Education Endowment Fund. John also spent 10 years as a Guardian of Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, the A$220bn Future Fund.

In the not-for-profit arena, John has served as chair of the Council of Christ Church Grammar School, Celebrate WA, Giving West and the Foundation of the WA Museum. In 2006 John was the recipient of the Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award in the Industry and Commerce category. In 2016 he was appointed as an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. John holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an honorary Doctor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia where he was also awarded a Dean’s Medal.

Managing Director

Byron Miles

15+ years experience
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Byron is a financial market professional with significant experience in financial markets and mining, having worked as a fund Manager and Stockbroker for
over 15 years.

He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, with transactions across various commodities and geological locations.

Having founded various companies from inception to profitable businesses it’s his passion creating growth and long-standing successful businesses.

Non-Executive Director

Rick Anthon

30+ years experience
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Rick is a lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in both corporate and commercial law practicing exclusively in the resource sector. He has worked both as a Director and adviser to numerous resource companies and has extensive project planning, acquisition and development, capital raising and corporate governance skills.

Rick is the Non-Executive Chairman of Greenwing Resources Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Laneway Resources Limited.

Non-Executive Director

Michael Schlumpberger

30+ years experience
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Mike is an accomplished mining executive having covered a number of GM, COO and CEO roles in multiple American mining companies.

He has a strong operational background having been in charge of exploration, of SK-1300 Resources and Reserves, permitting, surface and underground mining, milling, and reclamation.

He is an instructor at the South Dakota School of Mines covering Mining Engineering and Management.

He holds a BSc (Mining Engineering) Missouri University of Science and Technology and MBA East Carolina University.

Non-Executive Director

Michael McNeilly

15+ years experience
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Michael is the CEO of Strata Investment Holdings plc, an ASX (SRT) listed natural resources investing company. Michael has been at the helm of Strata since 2016 and oversaw the company’s monetisation of its minority joint venture interest in MOD resources. This resulted in over A$40m of new shares in Sandfire Resources Limited (ASX:SFR) as well as a 2% NSR over 8,000km² of the Kalahari Copperbelt.

Michael is an experienced corporate financier having previously worked at Arden Partners (AIM:ARDN) and Allenby Capital in London.

Non-Executive Director

Martin Holland

15+ years experience
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Martin is a mining executive with over 15 years of corporate experience. Mr Holland is founder and Executive Chairman of Cobre. (ASX: CBE).

In addition Mr. Holland is the Managing Director of Rapid Lithium Limited (ASX: RLL) and the founder and former CEO of Lithium Power International (ASX: LPI).

Mr. Holland has listed five ASX-listed exploration companies and has been an executive director in multiple companies that have collectively raised over A$200M+ for exploration, focusing on new future metals discoveries.