Board of Directors

Mr Williams was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in June 2010 for distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia and Queensland through the establishment of training programmes providing sustainable employment in the mining industry, the promotion of social responsibility and as a supporter of business development initiatives.

As Managing Director of Century Zinc Ltd, Ian was responsible for planning and bringing on stream the Century lead/ zinc mine in north western Queensland. Producing some 7% of the world’s demand for zinc concentrate, the Century mine is one of the largest zinc mines in the world. Mr Williams is currently a director of a private structural fabrication company and was, until July 2011, Chairman of the Port Hedland Port Authority.

His diverse experience includes executive management of open cut and underground mining operations, brownfield expansions and new major mining projects. He was responsible for the establishment of two iron ore mines and associated infrastructure for Hamersley Iron. He has also assisted the West Australian Government in the facilitation of a major new port and rail infrastructure project in the State’s Mid-West Region.

Mr Madan has had world-wide experience in the exploration and evaluation of mineral deposits for various commodities. Mr Madan has been a Manager with Hamersley Iron, Group Leader with BHP Minerals, Chief Geologist with Hancock and Wright Prospecting and a Senior Geological Consultant to the Rio Tinto Group.

Mr Madan has managed a range of mineral evaluation studies in Iran, Brazil and Western Australia for BHP, Rio Tinto and Hamersley Iron. He has also acted as a consultant to Rio Tinto, Ashton Mining and others on mineral projects in Brazil, South Africa, India, the Philippines, Fiji and United States, working on a range of iron-ore, diamonds, gold, copper and chromite deposits.

He has been involved in the discovery of 3 world class iron deposits in Western Australia for TexasGulf and BHP Minerals. From 1997 to 2001, Mr Madan managed the evaluation of resource projects for Hamersley Iron and completed a resource due diligence study of the billion-dollar West Angelas project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Mr Stewart has 40 years technical and commercial experience in the resources sector in a broad range of consulting, senior technical and operational roles in Australia and overseas.

Mr Stewart was the Founding Managing Director of Territory Resources Limited where he played a principal role in managing the company through IPO and into iron ore production at its Frances Creek Iron Ore project in the Northern Territory. Mr Stewart was also a director of Grange Resources Limited prior to its takeover by Chinese steel interests.

Mr Stewart has worked as a senior mining and geological consultant focused largely on mine planning and optimisation. He was Chief Engineer, Open Pit Mines, for Cassiar Mining and Teck Corporation in Canada. As Senior Planning Officer, he headed an underground mine design team for block caving operations in Africa and has been Chief Geologist for several mines where he was responsible for ore resources and reserves estimations.

As well as acting as an independent consultant for various banks and fund managers on potential investments in Australian and international mining projects, Mr Stewart spent eight years as an Associate Director with NM Rothschild & Sons Australia.

Mr Khan is a qualified lawyer having previously practiced principally in the field of corporate law. Mr Khan has extensive experience in the securities industry, capital markets and the executive management of ASX listed companies. In particular, Mr Khan has guided the establishment and growth of a number of public listed companies in the investment, mining and financial services sector. He has considerable experience in the fields of capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions and investments.

Mr Khan is also currently Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Queste Communications Ltd and Chairman of Orion Equities Limited and Bentley Capital Limited.

Mr Johnson commenced his career in resource exploration and has most recently held senior management and executive roles in a number of public companies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Mr Johnson brings a considerable depth of experience in business strategy, investment analysis, finance and execution.

Mr Johnson is also currently an Executive Director of Orion Equities Limited and Bentley Capital Limited
Bentley Capital Limited, and also Non-Executive Director of Strike Resources Limited.