Board and Management
Lindsay Franker
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | BEng (Mining Engineering) MAusIMM
Lindsay is a mining professional with over 25 years’ experience in mining projects as well as mining related finance. Previously Lindsay has held positions with several mining companies including Newcrest, Newmont, Normandy as well as AMC Consultants. He has also worked for several investment banks including Deutsche Bank, Nedbank Capital and Standard Bank facilitating numerous mining transactions globally. Lindsay most recently served as Executive Director of EganStreet Resources Ltd, which focused on the exploration and development of the Rothsay Gold Project in WA’s Midwest Region prior to its acquisition by Silver Lake Resources Ltd.
Simon Eley
NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | B.Laws (LLB), B.Arts
Simon has extensive experience in the identification and commercialisation of mineral resource projects and was the founding director of Egan Street Resources Ltd, having led the acquisition of the Rothsay Gold Project in 2011. Egan Street was taken over by Silver Lake Resources in early 2020 for an implied value of approximately A$79m. Simon was an Executive Director of Aragon Resources Limited (Aragon) and led the team that secured the Central Murchison Gold Project which became Aragon’s core asset and eventually let to a $76m takeover by Westgold Resources Limited in 2011. Simon was also Chairman of Tierra Grande Resources Inc. (OTCBB:TGRI) until the company entered a merger with VNUE Inc. (OTCQB: VNUE).
Karl Jupp
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | BappSc (Hons), GradDip(Bus), MAIG, MAusIMM
A Geologist with over 20 years’ technical and leadership experience in the Australian and international mineral resources sector. Karl commenced his career in mineral exploration in Western Australia working for Normandy, Great Central Mines, and Barrick, later moving into mining and leadership roles and eventually consulting. He has co-authored several technical papers and is experienced in Feasibility Studies, JORC Mineral Resource delineation and management of Ore Reserve conversion.
Ben Donovan
COMPANY SECRETARY | Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Applied Finance and Commercial Law, Graduate Diploma in applied Corporate Governance
Ben is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and provides corporate advisory, IPO and consultancy services to a number of companies. Mr Donovan is currently a company secretary of several ASX listed and public unlisted companies and has gained experience across resources, agritech, biotech, media and technology industries. He has extensive experience in listing rules compliance and corporate governance, having served as a Senior Adviser at the ASX in Perth for nearly 3 years, where he managed the listing of nearly 100 companies on the ASX. In addition, Mr Donovan has experience in the capital markets having raised capital and assisted numerous companies on achieving an initial listing on the ASX, as well as for a period of time, as a private client adviser at a boutique stock broking group.
Anthony Tornatora
COMPANY SECRETARY | Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration
Anthony is a Chartered Secretary and provides company secretary, corporate advisory, IPO and consultancy services to listed and unlisted companies as an employee of Argus Corporate Partners Pty Ltd.
Mr Tornatora brings a wealth of experience across various roles including financial advice, business development, capital raisings, compliance, governance and company secretary functions.
Operations
Jason Boladeras
EXPLORATION MANAGER
Jason is an accomplished exploration manager with extensive experience in Australia and overseas. As the former Exploration Manager for Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST), he played a pivotal role in the company’s remarkable growth, leading the team’s expansion from six members in the Kimberley to over thirty across four key projects in Western Australia’s Pilbara/Murchison regions. During his tenure at Northern Star, he played a key role in acquiring the Paulsens Gold Mine and added over one million ounces of gold resources to the portfolio. Before joining Westar, Jason owned and directed Geoarc Pty Ltd, offering corporate and exploration management geological services primarily for small-cap exploration companies and private investors, covering a range of commodities.
Peter Kelly
SENIOR EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST
Peter is an Exploration Geologist with over fifteen years of experience targeting a variety of commodities including gold, LCT-style pegmatites (Li), base metals (Cu-Zn-Pb), iron ore and manganese. Throughout his career Peter has worked across greenfields and brownfeields exploration, taking projects from first pass target generation through prospect development and drillouts to JORC compliant Mineral Resources. Peter holds a BSc (Hons) in Geological Sciences from Leeds University.