Mr Southam is a CPA with more than 30 years’ experience in accounting, operations, capital markets and finance across the resources and industrial sectors. He was previously Managing Director of Mincor Resources NL (ASX: MCR). Prior to Mincor, David was Executive Director of ASX200 nickel company Western Areas (ASX: WSA) and has held senior executive roles within Brambles Group, ANZ Investment Bank and WMC Resources. David is currently a non-executive director of Ramelius Resources (ASX: RMS).
Ernest Mast has 30 years of experience in various technical and executive roles in the mining industry, across a wide range of commodities, geographies and development stages. Mr. Mast is on the Board of Scottie Resources. Corp. Mr. Mast previously held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer at Primero Mining Corp., Vice President of Corporate Development at Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, Vice President of Operations at New Gold Inc. and President and CEO of Minera Panama S.A., Inmet Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, developing the $6B Cobre Panama project
Nicholas Kwong, P.Eng., MBA, has more than 15 years of corporate, technical, operations experience in the mining industry, predominantly in gold and base metals in North American, Australia, Latin American and Saudi Arabia. Most recently, Mr. Kwong was General Manager at Ma’aden Gold’s’ Sukhaybarat & Bulghah gold mines in Saudi Arabia. There he completed the mine and mill expansion and modernization which resulted in a significant increase in production and decrease in unit costs, all while controlling capital costs during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Mr Grieve is a geologist with experience in gold and base metals exploration throughout Africa and Australia. He most recently worked with Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL) during the discovery of 3Moz at their namesake Bellevue Gold Project. Prior to that he worked with Randgold Resources (now Barrick Gold) at the Loulo Gold Mine in West Africa.
Mr Travaglini is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Company Secretary with over 15 years’ experience in the resources sector having served in various finance and company secretarial roles in Australia, Canada and Africa. Mr Travaglini is currently also Chief Financial Officer of Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) and Bellavista Resources (ASX:BVR) and Non-Executive Director of Andean Silver (ASX:ASL).
Ms Cramer is a corporate lawyer a focus on mining and resources. Ms Cramer was previously Joint Company Secretary at Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) and an Associate at Bellanhouse Legal and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. Ms Cramer specialises in corporate and commercial transactions, including capital raisings, IPOs and backdoor listings, and corporate governance issues. She is also a Company Secretary for Firefly Metals (ASX:FFM) and Andean Silver (ASX:ASL).