Nick SmithInvestor Relations, Woulfe Mining
Nick Smith has 15 year's experience in the mining
and media industries. Prior to this he spent 15 years
working in technology consultancy with IBM, Accenture and BP Communicate.
Robert MackayCEO, Stans Energy
Robert has worked extensive in the mining and investment industry. He has
experience of various facets of mineral exploration including diamond drilling,
geophysics, geological mapping & prospecting and in mining, mine planning,
surveying, grade control, industrial engineering, open pit and underground
production. He has also previously served as Vice President of two national
brokerage firms over his career in the investment business.
He is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines and has a mining
engineering degree from The South Dakota School of Mines Technology.
Gary BillingsleyExec Chairman, Great Western Minerals
Gary Billingsley is a professional engineer and geoscientist with more than 30 years' experience in
the mineral industry–24 of them in Saskatchewan. He has been an officer and director of several
public mining and mineral exploration companies during the past 18 years. In addition to his
experience with uranium and base-metal exploration, Gary has been directly involved with putting
Saskatchewan's largest gold mine into production and, on three separate occasions, has played a major
role in the discovery of diamond-bearing kimberlite.
Richard WolanskiExecutive Director and Company Secretary, Speewah Metals
Mr Wolanski has extensive professional experience in both Australian and international finance industries. He has provided
corporate, strategic and financial advisory assistance to public companies in Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Mr Wolanski is a Chartered Accountant and his qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce from the
University of Western Australia.
Peter WillisTechnical Consultant (Economics), Oakdene Hollins Research & Consulting
Peter Willis joined environmental consultants Oakdene Hollins as an Economist in October 2009 following the completion of an
MSc in Economics at UCL. Since joining, Peter has had a wide portfolio of work and has been involved in numerous high profile
projects and publications across several of the business areas covered by the company. In the area of metals and recycling,
Peter has co-authored a number of policy reports for the UK Department of Transport, Defra, WRAP and European Commission.
Most recently Peter has completed a study aimed at the investor audience on the Opportunities in Recycling Critical Raw
Materials, considering their technical feasibility and economic viability with participation of an industry advisory group.
Christoph EiblPartner, Tiberius Asset Management
Christoph is the Fund Manager at Tiberius Asset Management. Tiberius was created to provide active management of commodity
futures along with sophisticated, excess-value generating funds covering all angles of the commodities sector.
This vision remains unchanged, and today the Tiberius team can show a proven track record of success in the
industry, as well as extensive experience in commodity research and trading. In all, the Tiberius Group
currently manages more than 10 commodity and fixed-income funds.
Dave HammondPartner, Peak Resources Limited
Mr Dave Hammond MSc in Mineral Exploration, DIC, BSc (Hons) Geology, MAusIMM Technical Director (appointed 25 October 2010)
With an MSc in Mineral Exploration from the Royal School of Mines, London, Dave Hammond is a geologist with over
23 years technical and management experience in Africa and Australia, in a range of commodities and geological
deposit styles. Mr. Hammond was previously Exploration Manager with De Grey Mining Limited working on projects
in the Pilbara and new project acquisitions globally.
His previous experience also includes Exploration Manager for Sons of Gwalia in the NE Goldfields of Western
Australia and Project Geologist with Billiton in South Africa and Zambia.
David HargreavesCEO, Fairtrade Gemstones
David Hargreaves is CEO of his family company Fairtrade Gemstones Ltd, which specialises in the ethical sourcing and marketing of
gemstones worldwide. David has over forty years of senior experience in the mining industry. After qualifying in coal mining he
worked in the iron ore mines in Canada before diversifying into other bulk minerals including bauxite. He was Head of Research
for stockbrokers James Capel in London and voted Mining Analyst of the year on three successive occasions. Since forming his
own metals broking and research company in 1977, he has successfully promoted and been a director of several public companies.
He currently writes "The Week in Mining", an incisive review of world mining events, for stockbrokers X Cap. He is a Chartered
Mining Engineer, Fellow of the Geological Society and the Institute of Mining, Minerals and Materials, and a Member of the Royal
Institution. He is a representative to the House of Commons Select Committee on Strategically Important Metals.
Don BurtonPresident, Namibia Rare Earths Inc.
Don Burton is a professional geologist and co-led the formation of Namibia Rare Earths ("NRE") in 2010 as a private company,
followed by an Initial Public Offering in April 2011 when the Company was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Mr. Burton served as Exploration Manager, Vice President Exploration and Vice President Corporate Development with
Etruscan Resources Inc. over a 13 year period where he was responsible for setting up Etruscan's operations in West
Africa which encompassed Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. In 2005, Mr. Burton initiated Etruscan's
entry into Namibia which ultimately led to the realization of the rare earth potential in that country and the creation
of Namibia Rare Earths Inc. Mr. Burton holds a BSc (Honours) in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo (1978)
and a MSc. in Geology from the University of New Brunswick (1984). He is a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada
and of the Society of Economic Geologists and is a member of the Association of Professional Geologists of Nova Scotia.
John MairExecutive Director - Business Development, Greenland Minerals & Energy
Dr John Mair completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours, majoring in geology, at the University of Western Australia, before commencing
a career in the minerals sector, working in gold exploration and mining in Western Australia's goldfields. He returned to the university
system to undertake a PhD study on the gold and base metal deposits of Canada's Yukon Territory and east-central Alaska. After completing
the PhD in 2004, John returned to the minerals industry working in exploration for porphyry Cu-Au deposits in New South Wales, and gold
deposits in China. In mid-2005 John took the position of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia, with a
focus on the metallogeny of southwest Alaska.
At completion of the project in 2006, John returned to the minerals industry as a project co-coordinator for Vancouver-based
exploration group Geoinformatics Exploration Inc., who in alliance with Kennecott, were exploring for Cu-Mo-Au deposits in western
North America from Mexico to Alaska. During this period, John planned and implemented large-scale exploration programs through
remote northern British Columbia, as well as providing technical expertise to exploration programs in Alaska and Mexico.
In mid-2008 John returned to Australia to join Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited as General Manager.
John has published several papers in leading international scientific journals on tectonics, structural geology, mineral
deposit geology, igneous petrology and mineralogy. He has also presented at Masters short courses on ore deposit geology.
Of particular relevance is his understanding of the behavior of rare earth elements, and is experienced in separating pure
rare earth elements from a wide variety of rock types from start to finish. He is a member of the Society of Economic
Geologists and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Since 2008, John has been instrumental in the technical development of the Kvanefjeld project, and also in the
corporate evolution of the company. He presents on the Company's behalf in commercial, technical and political
forums internationally.
Nick RoseCEO, Avannaa Resources
Nick Rose co-founded Avannaa Resources Limited in 2006 and has acted as CEO for the company since that time. Avannaa's objective is to play
a pioneering role in opening Greenland for mineral resource development, and to this end the company focuses on early phase exploration for
a number of commodities with particular emphasis on base-metals and specialty-metals including rare earths. Nick received a B.Sc in geology
from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and a Ph.D in geochemistry from Stanford University in 1989. He then worked at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratories in California before moving to Denmark in 1991 where he began working and travelling extensively in Greenland in
connection with research and commercial projects.
Malcolm BucholtzCEO, Strategic Resources
Malcolm Bucholtz spent 16 years in the Canadian steel industry in the areas of R&D and Operations Management. Following this he
joined the independent brokerage firm of Union Securities where he primarily focused on Commodity Trading. In 2007, Malcolm
was appointed V.P. Investor Relations for Strategic Resources and joined the Board of Directors in June 2008. Malcom graduated
from Queen's University (Metallurgical Engineering) and holds an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.
Graeme RowlandChairman, President and CEO, Director, Adroit Resources
During the past fifteen years Graeme has worked for a wide variety of company clients with interests ranging from hotels to
shipping, and from video production to metal bashing and technology. While the majority of his responsibilities have centered
on cash-flow management, fund raising, business analysis, and corporate finance, he also has organized marketing campaigns,
administrative systems, meetings and recruitment. He has filled interim management functions from Managing Director of a PLC,
to Fund Director and Chairman, CEO and CFO of a private group.
Yuji NishikawaSenior Analyst, Metal Economics Research Institute of Japan
Yuji Nishikawa is the Senior Analyst of The Metal Economics Research Institute of Japan (MERIJ) in Tokyo, a non-profit making research
organization which he joined in 2008. In 1996, after 21 years leading exploration projects, Yuji was appointed head of exploration for
MINDECO (Mitsui Mineral Development and Engineering Company). From 2002 he offered consultancy on mining including projects for JICA
(The Japan International Cooperation Agency), in Armenia, Cambodia, Georgia, Laos, Mauritania, Mongolia and Serbia. In 2005 he became
a Member of the Board of Directors of MINDECO. Yuji has written a number of articles about Japan's metals strategy and policy, which
have been published in the international mining press. He graduated from Waseda University in 1975 with a Bachelor's degree in Science
and a Master's degree in Science and Engineering.
Thomas KrauseGlobal Comms, Chemetall
Thomas Krause joined Chemetall Lithium Division in January 2007 and is responsible for Global Marketing Communication.
An increasingly important part of his activities are public relations and communication for lithium supply, related to
the topic of lithium ion batteries to power electric mobility. Before he joined Chemetall Thomas worked as marketing and
communications manager for Herberts GmbH, Wuppertal (automotive and industrial coatings), Erbslöh GmbH, Velbert (aluminium industry);
Bankakademie e.V., Frankfurt am Main (business school) and was self employed as marketing consultant. Thomas holds a degree in
economics after studying at the University of Wuppertal, Germany and the University of Aston in Birmingham, England.
Mark StrizekDirector, Vital Metals
Mark Strizek is a qualified geologist with over 15 years experience in the mining industry. He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Geostatistics from Edith Cowan University and a Bachelor of Science from
Macquarie University. Mark's career began in the Yilgarn with Gold miner, Sons of Gwalia where he worked in both open pit operations
and resource development. His experience in gold was furthered through time at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines in both grade control
and resource development. He diversified his experience with Ross Mining at their Timbarra Gold Mine in NSW and moved into a management
role as Senior Mine Geologist with Areva at the White Foil Open Cut and the Frog's Legs underground resource.
Simon BrittCEO, GéoMégA
Mr. Britt joined Geomega Resources Inc. in 2009. His implication in the successful completion of the IPO of the Company earned him
the respect of shareholders and Board members.
From May 2005 to June 2010, Mr. Britt was an accounting and securities consultant for listed junior mining companies.
He was, from January 2007 to August 2009, CFO for Kinbauri Gold Corp, acquired by Orvana Minerals in August 2009.
From January 2000 to May 2005, Mr. Britt practiced auditing and corporate finance mainly with public companies for Deloitte.
Mr. Britt holds a bachelor's degree in administration from Haute Études Commerciales in Québec. He is a member of the Ordre
des Comptables Agréés du Québec.
