Directors and Secretaries

Mark McAuliffe B.Juris, LLB, MAICD
Executive Chairman

Mark McAuliffe is a solicitor with over 25 years’ experience in acting for and advising mining companies, public listed companies and institutions on a wide range of legal issues. Mr McAuliffe holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia. His career includes advising and documenting a wide range of mining transactions from acquisitions, through joint ventures, initial public offerings and capital raisings. His mining experience extends beyond Australian jurisdictions and includes transactions in a number of countries in Africa and South East Asia. Mr McAuliffe commenced his career at Downing & Downing before establishing his own firm in 1989. Mr McAuliffe is presently a Legal Practitioner and director of McAuliffe Legal. He has sat on the boards of many client companies, was a foundation non-executive director of Vital Metals Ltd and a non-executive director of Swick Mining Services Ltd, currently holds the position of non-executive Chairman of BigHill Resources Ltd and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Butler-Blaxell is a resources company specialist with over 14 years experience across a range of commodities including gold, industrial minerals, vanadium, base metals, nickel, tungsten and titanomagnetite. He has written investment research for AFSL licensees, and has experience in financial modeling and valuation. Over the past five years Mr Butler-Blaxell has been involved in the compilation of fund raising documents, project and company transactions, due diligence reviews, quantitative market event studies, and company promotion activities. He has been involved in the Exploration and Evaluation of several titanomagnetite and vanadium deposits, including specification of testwork programs and pilot plants. Mr Butler-Blaxell has a Bachelor of Science in physical-inorganic chemistry and geology from the University of Western Australia, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and a Master of Business Administration from Murdoch University. Memberships include Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Ian Richer Dip. Met. Min. M Aus IMM
Non-Executive Director

Mr Richer is an Engineer with more than 30 years experience in operations, project management and construction on a range of significant mining projects. He played a role in the Goldsworthy iron ore projects, laterite nickel projects in Indonesia and Queensland, mineral sands projects in New South Wales, titanomagnetite mining and processing in New Zealand and various domestic and offshore aluminium and copper - uranium projects. His technical and commercial expertise was gained in organisations including Consolidated Goldfields, INCO, Fluor International, Dravo Corporation and Minproc. Specific nickel sulphide experience was gained through active involvement at Widgiemooltha. Mr Richer has served more than 10 years as a director in banking and corporate finance, with Chase, Societe Generale and as a consultant to the World Bank.

Mr Chegwidden has over 20 years experience as an accountant, including managing his own chartered accounting practice, providing advice in management, accounting and taxation, and consulting to manufacturing, mining, primary production and earthmoving operations. Mr Chegwidden has a strong knowledge of the mining and resources sector in Australia, with key competencies in exploration, materials processing, marketing and financial management in relation to junior mining companies. More recently he has consulted to a number of listed companies and negotiated with capital financiers for junior exploration companies. Mr Chegwidden was a founding executive director of Aurox Resources Limited, an ASX listed mining and exploration company, and served in the capacity of both executive and non-executive director until January 2006.

Carol New
Joint Company Secretary - Appointed 16 February 2007

Carol has over 27 years experience working in national retail and WA mineral exploration companies in accounting and administration roles. Carol was employed for ten years by Coles Myer. During this time she gained experience in the accounting, statistical, internal audit, and legal and company secretarial departments. She then worked with Barrack House Group Limited where she performed accounting functions, established office protocols for the controlling entity as well as several of its subsidiary companies, and controlled the data entry for the money market. In late 1993, she was employed by Central Kalgoorlie Gold Mines NL as Administration Manager. This position required the preparation of all financial information, human relations, tenement management and public reporting. In September 2003, she was invited to consult to Crescent Gold Limited where she held the positions of Director, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. She resigned from her positions with Crescent Gold Limited on 4 December 2006. In late December 2006, Carol was invited to consult to Hazelwood Resources Ltd in the capacity of Chief Financial Officer and was appointed as Joint Company Secretary on 16 February 2007. Carol is currently undertaking university studies and is an Affiliate Member of the Chartered Secretaries of Australia.