Ronnie Beevor, B.A. (Honours)

Non-Executive Chairman, British and Australian Citizen based in Australia. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr Beevor is a former investment banker and was Head of Investment Banking at NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd. He has had an extensive involvement with the natural resources industry, both in Australia and internationally.

He is a non-executive director of Bannerman Resources Limited, Bendigo Mining Limited, New World Energy Limited, QMAG Limited and Talison Lithium Limited. Mr Beevor has an Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and qualified as a chartered accountant in London in 1972.

Aristidis (Harry) Anagnostaras-Adams, B. Commerce , MBA

Managing Director, Australian Citizen based in Cyprus.

Mr Anagnostaras-Adams was born in Egypt as a Greek Citizen and adopted Australian citizenship where he was raised and became known as Harry Adams. He has served as Deputy Chairman of the Australian Gold Council, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He recently moved to Europe to lead EMED. His experience in the past 25 years has been as Managing Director of Gympie Gold Ltd, Executive Director of investment company Pilatus Capital Ltd, General Manager of resources investment group Clayton Robard Ltd Group and Senior Investment Manager of Citicorp Capital Investors Australia Ltd. Harry is also the Chairman of KEFI Minerals Plc.

Mr Anagnostaras-Adams has a Bachelor of Commerce (in Systems and Finance) from the University of New South Wales. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working with Price Waterhouse Coopers and has a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

John Leach, B.A. (Economics), MBA

Finance Director, Canadian and Australian citizen based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with over 25 years' experience in senior executive positions in the mining industry internationally. John Leach is also Finance Director of KEFI Minerals Plc.

Mr Leach holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and a Masters in business administration and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia), the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors.

Dr Ross Bhappu, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Non-Executive Director. Dr Bhappu is a Partner of Resource Capital Funds (“RCF”) and has over 20 years’ experience in the mining industry working for both senior and junior mining companies.

Prior to joining RCF in early 2001, he was chief executive officer of a start-up copper mining company, GTN Copper Corporation. Prior to joining GTN, Dr Bhappu was Director of Business Development for Newmont Mining Corporation. Before joining Newmont, he served in both technical and financial roles for Cyprus Minerals Company. He serves on the board of RCF’s portfolio companies Traxys SA, Molycorp Minerals LLC and Anglo Asian Mining plc.  Dr Bhappu holds a Ph.D. in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Arizona.

Mr Roger Davey , M.Sc, C.Eng., Eur. Ing.

Non-Executive Director. Mr Davey has over thirty years experience in the mining industry and is presently an Assistant Director and the Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild (London).

Mr Davey is fluent in Spanish and his experience includes working with with Minarco (AngloGold) in Argentina, Greenwich Resources in London, Blue Circle Industries in Chile and Gold Fields in South Africa. Roger is currently a director of Alexander Mining, Orosur Mining and Goldquest Mining.

Mr Ashwath Mehra, B.Sc.

Non-Executive Director. Mr Ashwath Mehra is the Chief Executive Officer of the MRI Group, which consists of Marc Rich + Co. Investment A.G. and its various subsidiaries. The MRI Group is a commodities trading group with annual turnover of over US$3 billion. 

Mr Mehra has worked in the minerals industry for 22 years, starting his career with Philipp Brothers after which he spent 10 years with Glencore, where he was a senior partner and ran the Nickel and Cobalt Divisions. He has substantial experience in mineral projects and project finance.

Gordon Toll, B.E. Mining (Honours), M.S. Business

Non-Executive Director, Australian Citizen based in the United Kingdom. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr Toll has worked as a mining engineer and mining company executive for 36 years including significant periods with BHP Billiton Ltd, ARCO Coal Inc and Rio Tinto plc. Most recently he spent nine years with Ivanhoe Mines Inc. as Deputy Chairman and retired from this position in December 2004.

He is currently Chairman of FERROUS Resources Limited and LinQ Resources Fund Ltd, and a director of CD Capital.

Mr Toll has an Honours Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Queensland and a Masters of Science in Business from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York.