Mr Southam is an FCPA with more than 30 years’ experience in operations, capital markets and finance across the resources and industrial sectors. Prior roles include Managing Director of Mincor Resources NL, Executive Director of Western Areas Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Kidman Resources, and he has held senior executive roles within Brambles Group, ANZ Investment Bank and WMC Resources. David is currently a non-executive director of Ramelius Resources and non-executive chair of Andean Silver.
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 the former President, CEO and director of Doré Copper Mining Corp. and currently sits on the board of directors of Scottie Resources Corp., Libero Copper Corp., and First Lithium Minerals Corp. Prior roles include 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.
Mr Mast is a member of l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in metallurgical engineering from McGill University. Mr Mast also received post-secondary business training at Henley College in the UK and at the Universidad Catolica in Chile.
Nicholas Kwong, P.Eng., MBA, has more than 20 years of corporate, technical and operational experience in the mining industry, predominantly in gold and base metals in North American, Australia, Latin America and Saudi Arabia. Most recently, Mr Kwong was General Manager at Ma’aden Gold’s’ Sukhaybarat and 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 precious and base metals exploration throughout Africa, Australia and Canada. He previously worked with Bellevue Gold Ltd during the discovery of 3Moz at their namesake Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia and Randgold Resources (now Barrick Gold) at the Loulo Gold Mine in West Africa. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Alicanto Minerals Ltd.
Mr Travaglini is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Company Secretary and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, with over 18 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 Ltd (ASX:MM1) and Non-Executive Director of Andean Silver Ltd (ASX:ASL).
Maddison Cramer is a co-founder and managing director of boutique corporate services business Belltree Corporate and has over 10 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and company secretary to ASX-listed companies. Ms Cramer is a corporate lawyer and currently a company secretary of a number of ASX-listed mining and resources companies. Ms Cramer is a former company secretary of ASX300 company Bellevue Gold Limited and prior to this was an associate at Bellanhouse Legal and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.