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Board
Mr Matthew Wood
Chairman
Mr Wood has over 15 years' experience in the resources sector with both major and junior mining companies. Through his extensive work in the technical and economic evaluation of resource projects throughout the world, Mr Wood brings strong expertise in project identification, negotiation, acquisition and corporate development.
Mr Wood has led or been involved with successful discovery teams responsible for defining a number of gold and base metal deposits, including the Challenger gold deposit in South Australia and the Fortitude and Rosemont gold deposits in Western Australia. He was a founding director of Iberian Resources Limited and is currently a director of Black Range Minerals Limited, Signature Brands Limited, Overland Resources Limited and Bellamel Mining Limited.
Mr Wood has spent considerable time leading a number of exploration projects in Brazil, and as a result is very familiar with the geology of the Brazilian gold and metalliferous regions.
He holds an honours degree in geology from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a graduate certificate in mineral economics from the Western Australian School of Mines.
Mr Anthony Polglase
Managing Director
With 30 years of multi-disciplinary mining experience across 10 different countries, Mr Polglase has detailed knowledge of the development and operation of gold, copper, lead, zinc and tin projects. He has either been responsible for or closely involved with the commissioning of more than seven different projects, with his previous employers including Iberian Resources, Ivernia Corp, Rio Tinto, TVX and Ashanti Goldfields.
Project management including critical evaluation, implementation and commissioning are Mr Polglase's strengths, and he has the demonstrated ability to successfully bring projects on line in the most challenging of environments, including the FSU.
Qualified in mechanical and electrical engineering with a degree in Metallurgy from the Camborne School of Mines, UK, Mr Polglase has owned property in Brazil for many years and is a Portuguese speaker.
Mr Colin Jones
Non-Executive Director
Mr Jones began his mining career with British Coal in South Wales and, following coal mine certification, completed a mining degree at Cardiff University in the UK. He obtained several years’ experience in contract management with Thyssens Ltd, supervising development including mechanised mine developed and shaft sinking activities.
His executive mine management experience culminated in Mr Jones joining Rio Tinto’s world class copper mine in Portugal as Project Manager and later Director of Production. He then gained global consulting expertise during some 15 years with Rio Tinto Technical Services as Principal Consultant.
An authority in the application of the block caving method for economic mining of low grade deposits, Mr Jones was responsible for the underground development of the Fortaleza Nickel Mine in Brazil and was a main consultant for the underground development at the Palabora mine in RSA. He is currently a consultant for the multi-billion dollar Resolution copper mine project in the US and the underground mine development at Argyle Diamonds in Western Australia.
Mr Jones is independent, has an MBA, speaks Portuguese and maintains a residence in Rio de Janeiro.
Mr Wayne Philips
Non-Executive Director
Having graduated from the University of Rhodesia with a degree in Chemical Engineering, Mr Phillips migrated to Brazil in 1977 and has since become a Brazilian national.
His specialty is providing innovative practical solutions to complex metallurgy, with particular expertise in flotation and hydrometallurgy, including heap leaching and the treatment of refractory ore.
Mr Phillips spent several years working within major consulting engineering houses, including SNC Lavalin Kvaerner and Minproc, as client representative for a number of major projects, and he is currently Technical Director of Kinross South America.
He oversees Kinross Technical Service's activities in Brazil and Chile, including exploration, project development and assistance to operate Kinross mines in compliance with the mining and environmental regulatory authorities. Mr Phillips is currently involved in the $470 million expansion of the world class Rio Paracatu gold mine and process plant in Brazil.
Scott Funston
Company Secretary
Scott Funston is a qualified Chartered Accountant with experience in the mining industry and expertise in financial management and general corporate advice. Mr Funston possesses a strong knowledge of the Australian Securities Exchange requirements and currently assists a number of resources companies operating throughout Australia, Europe, USA and Canada with financial accounting, stock exchange compliance and regulatory activities.
