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

Managing 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

Non-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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Michelle Kennedy

Chief Financial Officer

Michelle Kennedy is a Director of Meridian Corporate Consultants with extensive experience in financial reporting, corporate accounting and advisory services.

Michelle was previously a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Perth (PwC) and has over 7 years’ experience in audit and assurance. During her time at PwC she completed a secondment in Toronto, Canada working with clients in both Mining and Banking sectors. Her roles in audit and assurance have given her experience in wide range of industries, mostly specialising in the Mining and Resources industry. She has extensive experience working with both ASX listed and large private companies. Her most recent experience includes a role at Wesfarmers in the statutory reporting team where she was involved in system implementation, preparation of statutory financial reports, board reporting and preparation of technical accounting advice.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia majoring in Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance with a minor in Business Law and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

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Gordon Barnes

Exploration Manager

Gordon is a highly experienced and well-respected exploration geologist based in Orange, NSW. He will commence with Helix on 10 May 2021. Gordon will be eligible to participate in any approved employee incentive plans at the Board’s discretion, with incentive hurdles to be closely aligned to those of the Managing Director, focused on discovery and share price performance.

Gordon has over 30 years of practical mineral exploration experience, ranging from active field-based projects through to multi-commodity project generation initiatives in Australia and overseas. He has extensive NSW copper and gold exploration experience, including Exploration Manager roles with listed explorers Magmatic Resources Ltd and Clancy Exploration Ltd, and prior to that Geoinformatics Exploration Pty Ltd. Since October 2018 he has been a Senior Consultant with R.W. Corkery & Co Pty Limited, a geological and environmental consultancy specialising in NSW mining and development projects.

Gordon is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and holds a Masters in Geology (UWA), a BSC in Applied Science – Geology (RMIT) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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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.