Michael Povey

Executive Chairman

Mr. Povey is a mining engineer and a director of the Company, with over 40 years of worldwide experience in the resource sector in a wide range of commodities.  He has held senior management positions in various public companies including Rio Tinto and Anglo American, with surface and underground mining operations in Africa, North America, and Australia. Over the past 20 years, Mike has held positions as Chairman, Managing Director, and Technical Director of several ASX and AIM listed companies where he has led project acquisitions, exploration programs, JV negotiations and equity raisings.  Mike is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and holds a number of Certificates of Competency, including a West Australian Mine Managers Certificate.

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Dr. Kylie Prendergast

Non-Executive Director, Geologist

Dr. Kylie Prendergast is an experienced geologist and technical leader with over 25 years’ experience within the international mining and resource sector.  She has worked across a range of different operating jurisdictions, including significant in-country assignments and expatriate roles.  This has included substantial business development, project technical and economic evaluation, and commercial management, including direct interaction with a range of stakeholders in global resource capital markets.

Kevin Lynn

Executive Director

Mr Lynn is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) with a Master of Finance and a member of FINSIA (F.FIN) and the Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) with over 35 years’ experience in private, public and public listed companies, particularly in mining and oil and gas, whilst acting in various roles including Director, CFO and Company Secretary.

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Ben Donovan

Company Secretary

Mr Donovan is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and provides corporate advisory, IPO and consultancy services to a number of companies. Mr Donovan is currently a company secretary of several ASX listed and public unlisted companies and has gained experience across resources, agritech, biotech, media and technology industries.

He has extensive experience in listing rules compliance and corporate governance, having served as a Senior Adviser at the ASX in Perth for nearly 3 years, where he managed the listing of nearly 100 companies on the ASX.

In addition, Mr Donovan has experience in the capital markets having raised capital and assisted numerous companies on achieving an initial listing on the ASX, as well as for a period of time, as a private client adviser at a boutique stock broking group.