Board and Management
Board
Mr Ian Middlemas
Chairman
Mr Middlemas was a Senior Group Executive for Normandy Mining for more than 10 years, which was Australia’s largest gold miner before merging with Newmont Mining. He is currently Chairman of a number of ASX-listed resource companies.
Mr Thomas Line
CEO and Managing Director
Mr Line is an experienced executive with over 14 years in resource development and large-scale mining production experience. His operational experience spans across grade control, resource modelling, mineral processing, geometallurgy, greenfields and brownfields exploration, and pit to port reconciliation and logistics. Mr. Line left his career in big mining in 2019 to focus on project generation, Greenfields exploration, and discovery. Since this time, Mr. Line has spent six years leading ASX- listed junior exploration companies in Australia in CEO and Managing Director roles.
Mr Ben Cleary
Non-Executive Director
Mr Cleary is a Portfolio Manager and Director of Tribeca Investment Partners based in Singapore. He has had an extensive career in the natural resources sector over the last 20 years.
Mr Haydn Smith
Non-Executive Director
Mr Smith is the Founder and Managing Director of a bio-carbon business having previously worked as a Portfolio Manager at Tribeca Investment Partners. Prior to that Mr Smith had a 20-year career at Macquarie Bank where he was an Executive Director and Global Head of the bank’s Mining Finance Group.
Mr Gregory (Greg) Swan
Company Secretary
Mr Swan is a Chartered Accountant with over 18 years’ experience in the formation and development of publicly listed natural resources companies. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and/or Company Secretary for several listed companies that operate in the resources sector.
Management & Technical Team
Mr Thomas Line
CEO and Managing Director
Mr Line is an experienced executive with over 14 years in resource development and large-scale mining production experience. His operational experience spans across grade control, resource modelling, mineral processing, geometallurgy, greenfields and brownfields exploration, and pit to port reconciliation and logistics. Mr. Line left his career in big mining in 2019 to focus on project generation, Greenfields exploration, and discovery. Since this time, Mr. Line has spent six years leading ASX- listed junior exploration companies in Australia in CEO and Managing Director roles.
Dr Evan Kirby
Chief Metallurgist
Dr Evan Kirby has over 40 years’ international experience in metallurgy, spanning design, commissioning and operations across gold, copper, vanadium, lithium and PGM projects. He has held senior roles with Bechtel, Minproc and Anglo Platinum, and brings deep expertise in metallurgical testwork and process development for complex polymetallic systems, including those of the Bushveld Province in South Africa.
Mr Ken Lomberg
Independent Resource Consultant
Mr. Lomberg is a leading expert in the estimation of Mineral Resources relating to layered intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex, with over 38 years experience. Mr Lomberg is also Registered Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions, which is a Recognised Professional Organisation (RPO). Mr. Lomberg is the Director – Geology and Resources of Pivot Mining Consultants Pty Ltd.
Dr Solomon Buckman
Chief Geologist
Dr Sol Buckman is an economic geologist with over 30 years’ experience in mineral systems research and exploration across Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Formerly Associate Professor and Associate Head of School at the University of Wollongong, he has worked on Archaean shear-zone and BIF-hosted gold, porphyry-skarn Cu-Au and ophiolite-related deposits, and now leads geological modelling and targeting for the Dante Project.
Mr Scott Halley
Chief Geochemist
Mr Halley has consulted more than 150 mining and exploration companies in more than 25 countries in the last 14 years. Having worked as an exploration geologist for 20 years prior to specialising as a geochemist, Scott understands how geochemistry can be practically and effectively applied to exploration and mining problems. Mr Halley received a BSc (Hons Class I) from the University of Tasmania (1982), and a PhD from Australian National University (1987).
