Alan graduated from the West Australian Institute of Technology (Curtin University) with an Associateship in Mechanical Engineering in 1968. He is an engineer with over 35 years experience in design and project development, mainly associated with the mining and mineral processing industry in Australia.

 Alan has extensive experience at all stages of projects, from pre-feasibility through to commissioning and operation, for plants handling and/or processing iron ore, gold, copper, bauxite, uranium, and coal. Throughout his career Alan has worked for the iron ore industry. In the 1970's and early 80's he worked as a designer on major expansion projects for Mt Newman Mining (now BHPB) and Hamersley Iron (now CRA).

Alan was a non-executive Director of Jubilee Mines NL up until its purchase by Xstrata. Before joining the board of Jubilee in 2003 he led the team which completed the feasibility study for the Cosmos Nickel project and its successful implementation, followed three years later by the transition from open cut to underground mining. Alan is also a non-executive Director of Tanami Gold NL.

Alan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Chartered Professional Engineer.

Gary graduated from the University of Western Australia with a B Com degree. He has extensive management and leadership experience in the corporate and financial sectors. His past 14 years in the resources industry has seen his involvement in all phases and aspects of resources projects; from exploration, discovery, feasibility, development and through to operations.

He held the position of Executive General Manager-Corporate / Chief Financial Officer at the highly successful Australian nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL, where he was part of the senior executive management team from 2003 until that Company's acquisition by Xstrata Nickel in early 2008.

Gary has also previously acted as a Non Executive Director of two Australian listed exploration companies over several years.

Prior to that, Gary held senior executive positions with LionOre Mining International Limited in Australia (now Norilsk Nickel). A Chartered Accountant, he commenced his career with Ernst & Young in 1984.

Gary is an Associate Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Australian Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Director.

Peter Langworthy
Technical Director

Peter Langworthy has over 22 years experience in the exploration and mining industry, including senior technical and management roles with a number of listed companies, most recently with Jubilee Mines NL and Xstrata Nickel Australasia. At Jubilee, he held the key role of Executive General Manager - Exploration and he led the team that discovered the Alec Mairs, Prospero/Tapinos and Sinclair deposits which resulted in a major increase in the Company's resource base and provided the platform for a major uplift in the Company's value.


 

Brian Dawes
Executive Director

Mr Dawes has extensive experience in project development and operational roles within the mining industry across Australia and overseas, including Africa and the Middle East. Prior to his role as Executive General Manager - Operations and Projects at Jubilee Mines NL, he was General Manager Operations with ASX-listed nickel producer Western Areas NL, where he was responsible for the establishment of the Forrestania Nickel Project and Flying Fox Nickel Mine development. Prior to that he was the Group Mining Engineer with LionOre Australia, part of the LionOre Mining International group.

She now resides in WA, has been involved with boards for over 12 years and now predominately works as a non-executive director. She is currently a director of the following boards; Adult Multicultural Education Services (Vic) and Perth Home Care Services (WA) and was previously a director of GMHBA (Vic) and Western Health (Vic). Karen has been the Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management committees for these boards. She also consults and advices in the areas of business and finance strategy, change management and executive mentoring.

Karen is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.