Directors and Management

Graeme Slattery | Non-executive Chairman

Graeme is a practising corporate lawyer with over 20 years of experience advising companies in the mining and resources sector on all aspects of corporate and commercial law.  He has extensive experience dealing with foreign jurisdictions and regulatory issues and serves on numerous international boards.

Rob Smakman | Managing Director

Rob is a Geologist with over 20 years international experience, over 10 of which were in Brazil. Fluent in Portuguese, he successfully founded and listed Crusader Resources and was responsible for instigating its Brazilian entry and operations. Rob sourced, negotiated, explored and built projects in Brazil and around the world and has raised >USD100M in capital (equity and debt) for multiple projects.  

Beau Nicholls | Non-executive Director

Beau is a Geologist with over 25 years international experience, including 9 years in Brazil as the Principal consultant for Coffey Mining- a leading international consulting firm (Beau is fluent in Portuguese). Beau is Principal Consultant for Sahara Natural Resources, specializing in exploration and mining services in Africa.

Joanna Morbey | Company Secretary

Joanna has over 30 years of experience in accounting and company secretarial duties within the investment banking, property development and mineral exploration industries. She has served as Company Secretary for several ASX-listed companies, including ioneer Ltd, Orpheus Uranium Limited (formerly Argonaut Resources NL) and Tamboran Resources Corporation.

She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Gary Elwell | Chief Financial Officer

Gary is a finance professional with 20 years of experience in senior accounting roles (CFO/Financial Controller) with Australian and UK public companies. He has extensive experience in IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, backdoor listings, audits, ASX reporting and financial reporting.

Gary is currently servicing a number of ASX-listed companies including Buxton Resources Limited, Aruma Resources Limited, Strategic Elements Limited, and Structural Monitoring Systems plc and is a Non-Executive Director of Petrex Australia Pty Ltd.

Gary graduated in Economics from the University of Northumbria in the UK. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Institute of Public Accountants.

Julio Liz | Exploration Manager

Julio is an experienced Geologist with a history of domestic and international experience. He has extensive experience in project evaluation, development and exploration project management, working for companies including Anglo America, Barrick, Codelco, Xstrata, Rio Novo Gold and Sumitomo. He has worked across multiple commodities including precious metals, base metals and bulk commodities.