Board & Management



SIMON LILL

Non-Executive Chairman

BSc MBA

Simon is currently Non-Executive Chairman of De Grey Mining Ltd. (ASX:DEG), an ASX 200 gold exploration/development company with 100% ownership of one of Western Australia’s largest greenfield discoveries – Hemi/Mallina (10.6+Moz) – in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. He has over 35 years’ experience in stockbroking, capital raising, management, business development and analysis for a range of small and startup companies in the manufacturing and resources industries, and has specialised in that time in company restructuring activities.

CHRIS CONNELL

Executive Director

BSc (Hons) MAIG

Chris is a geologist with over 25 years’ experience focusing on gold and copper exploration across a range of deposit styles. Along with managing exploration in Australia, Chris has spent many years managing international teams in culturally and environmentally diverse regions throughout West Africa, Central Africa, Papua New Guinea and Ecuador. He was formerly the Regional Exploration Manager for SolGold Limited (LSE:SOLG).

PETER MARKS

Executive Director

BEc LLB MBA

Peter brings over 30 years’ experience in corporate advisory, investment banking and director/advisory roles to the Board. He has been involved in a board capacity in publicly listed companies in resources, biotechnology and technology. Peter’s corporate skills lie in capital raising for pre-IPO and listed companies, cross border M&A transactions, corporate underwriting, and venture capital transactions for companies in Australia, the US and Israel.

TAL PANETH

Executive Director

BComm

Tal has over a decade of multidisciplinary business experience including exposure to the diverse facets of the equity and debt markets. Tal specialises in identifying strategic mineral projects, financing, and project management.

DAVID FRANKS

Company Secretary

BEc

David is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in company secretarial, finance and accounting.

JASON WARD

Technical Geological Consultant

BAppSc FAusIMM

Jason has had a highly successful career as an exploration geologist; having been involved in several discoveries in Oman, Laos, Papua New Guinea and Ecuador.

He has over 25 years’ experience working around the world; most recently in Ecuador where he was instrumental in the discovery of several copper gold deposits, including the Tier-1 Cascabel copper gold porphyry deposit for SolGold plc.

LEVI MOCHKIN/ LEDGER HOLDINGS

Business Development Manager

Ledger Holdings has over 30 years’ experience advising companies in the resources sector and has raised in excess of AUD1 billion for mining projects globally. Mr. Mochkin was a founder of Piedmont Lithium Ltd (ASX:PLL, NASDAQ:PLL) – a company included in the ASX/S&P 300 and Russell 2000 Index; resigning as a director just over one year ago.

During his tenure at Piedmont, Mr. Mochkin was an integral part of the team behind Piedmont’s business strategy and success.