Paul Piercy Dip. Met. FAusIMM, CP, FAICD
Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Piercy is a metallurgist with wide operational mining experience who has held senior management and technical positions within the Rio Tinto Limited group, including General Manager of Hamersley Iron’s Dampier port and rail operations, General Manager of Hamersley Iron’s Paraburdoo and Channar operations and Managing Director of Novacoal and Kembla Coal and Coke.

From 1997 to 2000 Mr Piercy was Managing Director of WestTrac Equipment before playing an integral role in the successful establishment of WesTrac China, as its Chairman/CEO based in China. Mr Piercy is currently a non-executive Director of Pilbara iron ore developer Australasian Resources Limited and China based miner Dragon Mountain Gold Limited.

Jerome Vitale B Comm, ACA, FAICD, Sen F Finsia
Managing Director

Mr Vitale is a seasoned finance, corporate and operations executive with over 25 years wide ranging experience in the mineral resources sector. He is a Chartered Accountant, a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

After a period of 14 years working in the stockbroking sector and later in investment banking with Standard Chartered Bank and the Normandy Mining Group, as Managing Director of Burdekin Resources Mr Vitale led a team responsible for the mine development and operation of the successful McKinnons gold project in Cobar New South Wales. He was Managing Director of Redbank Mines Limited from 2000 to 2008 during which time the company acquired the Redbank Copper Mine in the Northern Territory producing high value concentrates with off-take and financing arrangements negotiated with a major international commodities trading group.

More recently he has developed his private consultancy, Vitale Corporate, as a successful mining consulting business built on relationships with a number of China State Owned enterprises (SOE’s) and private equity investors based in Hong Kong and China.

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Dr Gee has over 40 years experience in the mining industry, government service and research management. He has held numerous senior roles in both the private and public sectors including Exploration Manager of Reynolds Australia Metals Ltd, Regional General Manager of Mount Isa Mines Exploration Ltd (MIM), Deputy Director of the Geological Survey of Western Australia and Director of the Northern Territory Geological Survey.

More recently, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration attached to the CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining.