The Company has adopted appropriate corporate governance practices and intends to expand these as the Company progresses in its development.

The Board of Directors will be responsible for the investment decisions of the Company and may seek counsel from experts in assisting them in making their investment decisions.

The Board of Directors have extensive experience and technical expertise in the natural resources sector and international capital markets.

The members of the Board of Directors are noted below. The intention is to restructure the board as required to meet the changing requirements of the Company as it develops.

Greg Howlett - Non Executive Chairman

Greg Howlett completed his architectural studies at Curtin University in 1977.  He subsequently travelled for several years working in the Middle East, Europe and the United Kingdom before returning to Australia to become a partner of Howlett & Bailey Architects.

He merged this practice with the Cox Group in 1995 and was elected Chairman of the National Executive Committee in 1998.  The Cox Group has since become one of Australia ’s largest architectural practices and now has expanded throughout South East Asia and the Middle East .

Greg has had an on going involvement in mining for the past 20 years accepting directorships in both Yorath Pty Ltd and Diamond Exploration Services Pty Ltd. Yorath  vended the Cuddingwarra deposit into Colonial resources which in turn allowed Harmony Gold  to successfully mine 3 open cut deposits on the property. Yorath also sold Mt Rankine to Burmine which also mined two deposits on the property.

Diamond Exploration Services owned and operated a mobile Heavy Media Separation Plant that assisted in the proving of several diamond deposits in both Western Australia and the Northern Territory .

Greg is a past President of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (WA Chapter), founding Chairman of the WA Branch of the Australian Council of Building Design Professions and Chairman of the WA Government Research and Development Advisory Council for the WA Building and Construction Industry.  Other honorary positions have included being a member of the WA Government Minister for the Arts Advisory Panel, Curtin University School of Architecture Advisory Committee, City of Perth Bonus Plot Ratio Panel and the Heritage Council of WA Development Committee.

Greg is a Life Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, a Member Association of Consulting Architects Australia, a Member Property Council (previously Building Owners and Managers Association) and a Registered Architect – Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Northern Territory

Leon Ivory - Non Executive Director

Leon Ivory has been involved for over 35 years in corporate finance, funds management and venture capital in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and North America.

Leon Ivory co-founded Western Capital as venture capital organization, which evolved into one of Australia’s first public biotechnology companies. During his career, he has been a director of a number of public listed mining companies.

He served as a director of a number of public companies including Auspharm International Limited, Arbuthnot Latham Bank Ltd (London), Foreign Commerce Bank (Zurich), Cortecs PLC and VRI BioMedical Limited.

Leon is currently a director of Bluewater Capital Limited, engaged in private equity investment and corporate finance. He is also a director and Chairman of Bone Ltd, Kancer Ltd, both biotechnology companies based in the United Kingdom.

Glyn Tonge - Non-Executive Director

Professor Tonge is currently a director of Vida Capital Partners Limited and a partner in Vida Capital LLP, a UK based private equity fund investing in healthcare and technology. Prior to that, he was a partner and Director of Baring Brothers and Co Limited, Baring Brothers International Ltd and ING Barings, where he was head of the global healthcare and pharmaceutical business in corporate finance. 

Prof. Tonge holds a number of directorships in the UK and Australia including MNL Pharmaceuticals Ltd and AVT Bioplasma Ltd. Prof. Tonge is also chairman of the board of Southampton Institute University College. He has been a Fellow of the Institute of Biology since 1978, a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and a Fellow of the Royal Institution in London. He was recently made a Freeman of the City of London and of the Worshipful Company of World Traders.
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