PHIL CRABB FAusIMM MAICD
Non Executive Chairman

Mr Crabb is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Institute of Company Directors and has been actively engaged in mining and exploration for the past thirty five (35) years in both publicly listed and private exploration companies. He has considerable experience in field activities, having been a drilling contractor, quarry manager and mining contractor. Mr Crabb also has extensive experience as a director of Australian publicly listed companies. In resource company management, he achieved notable success amongst others as a director of Gasgoyne Gold Mines NL which was involved in the discovery and development in 1989 of the Yilgarn Star Gold Mine, a major gold producer in Western Australia. Mr Crabb is currently Chairman of United Minerals Corporation NL and Royal Resources Limited.

BRETT LAMBERT B.AppSc(Mining Engineering) MAusIMM
Managing Director

Mr Lambert is a mining engineer with over 25 years experience in the resources industry encompassing mining operations, mineral exploration, project development and public company administration. He has held senior management positions with Western Mining Corporation, Herald Resources Limited and Western Metals Limited. Mr Lambert has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Padaeng Industry PCL, a Bangkok based zinc mining and smelting company and Western Australian gold producer, NuStar Mining Corporation Limited. Mr Lambert is currently a non-executive director of ASX and TSX listed Intrepid Mines Limited.

FRANK DEMARTE B.Bus FCIS MAICD
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr DeMarte has been involved in the mining and exploration industry for twenty (20) years. He has held executive positions with a number of listed companies and is currently an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr DeMarte is experienced in areas of secretarial practice, management accounting and corporate and financial management. Mr DeMarte holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting and is a Fellow of the Chartered Secretaries of Australia. Mr DeMarte is also a director of TSX Listed Aldershot Resources Ltd and Royal Resources Limited.

BRIAN RICHARDSON BSc (Hons) MAusIMM
Executive Director and Exploration Manager

Mr Richardson has had over Twenty two (22) years of experience in the mining and exploration industry in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He was Exploration Manager of Miralga Mining NL and involved in the early exploration of Sulphur Springs base metal – gold project. He was also involved in the generation of various projects for Gascoyne Gold Mines NL. In this role he discovered the Southern Star Mine, 1994/95. From 1997 through to 2000 he was the Managing Director of Resource Exploration NL (now Mawson West Limited) an Australian listed junior exploration company. Mr Richardson is also a director of TSX Listed Aldershot Resources Ltd and Royal Resources Limited.

MAL RANDALL Dip Applied Chem
Non-Executive Director

Mr Randall has had extensive experience in management and marketing in the resource sector with the Rio Tinto group of companies. This has included senior technical and commercial roles in Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd and business development activities for Argyle Diamonds in China, Thailand and India and the establishment of Argyle’s Antwerp sales office for polished stones. From 1993 to 1996 he was Managing Director of Biron Corporation following which he has undertaken consultancy roles for Ocean Resources NL for the first Diamond Contract of Work awarded in Indonesia, consultant to Golden Tiger Resources NL on their Vietnamese mineral opportunities and commercial advisor to the Hope Downs Iron Ore Project. Mr Randall is currently a non-executive director of United Minerals Corporation NL and Chairman of Iron Ore Holdings Ltd.