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 experience geologist and executive with over 12 years in resource development and four years leading ASX-listed junior exploration companies in Australia.
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 Ryan de Franck
Non-Executive Director
Mr de Franck is currently Executive Director of the Valperlon Group, an Australian-based project generation and corporate development group focused on the natural resources sector.
Management
Mr Thomas Line
CEO and Managing Director
Mr Line is an experience geologist and executive with over 12 years in resource development and four years leading ASX-listed junior exploration companies in Australia. Mr Line has diverse experience in managing resource projects through multiple stages, including greenfields exploration, resource definition, and production. Mt Line holds a BSc (Hons) in geology from the University of Wollongong and is a member of the Australian Institute to Geoscientists.
Mr Gregory (Greg) Swan
Company Secretary
Mr Swan is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 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.
Mr Travis Kerslake
Senior Geologist
Mr Kerslake is a qualified senior geologist/geophysicist. Working with mesothermal lode gold, nickel, copper exploration for over 20 years with foundational experience at WMC Resources, Goldfields and St George Mining. Integral member of the team responsible for the discovery of the Baker Nickel deposit in Kambalda in late 2022. Graduated from the Hales Scholarship in Geology and Physics in 1995 from Australian National University in Canberra, ACT.
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. As well as consulting, Mr Halley is a regular presenter in the CODES MSc (Econ Geol) short course series, and a regular invited speaker at international geology conferences. Mr Halley received a BSc (Hons Class I) from the University of Tasmania (1982), and a PhD from Australian National University (1987).
Mr William Alston
Stakeholder and Community Manager
With over two decades working in Indigenous engagement and relationship management roles, Mr Alston brings a wealth of expertise and an extensive network of connections within Aboriginal language and native title groups. Mr Alston’s journey has been marked by significant contributions to various industries, particularly in heritage and native title-focused mining roles. Mr Alston works to stand as a bridge between cultures, a catalyst for change, and a people-focused leader who empowers teams to achieve remarkable results.
Dr Wolfgang Maier
Specialist Consultant
Wolfgang’s research deals with petrological and geochemical processes in mafic-ultramafic igneous systems that contribute to our understanding of continental magmatism, mantle evolution, plate tectonics and the formation of magmatic ore deposits including PGE, Ni-Cu, Cr, and V-Ti-Fe deposits.
