Board of Directors
Richard Willson | Non-Executive Chair
Richard is an experienced NED, Company Secretary and CFO with 20+ years’ experience in publicly listed and private companies.
Richard has a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of South Australia, is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is NED of Titomic Ltd (ASX:TTT), Thomson Resources Ltd (ASX:TMZ), 8IP Emerging Companies Ltd (ASX:8EC), PNX Metals Ltd (ASX:PNX), MedTEC Holdings Ltd and Unity Housing Company.
Richard is the Chair of the Audit Committee of Titomic Ltd, 8IP Emerging Companies Ltd, New Peak Metals Ltd and Unity Housing Company and Remuneration & Nomination Committee Chair of Titomic Ltd.
Alex Fitzgerald | Non-Executive Director
Richard is the Principal of Yarranabbe Capital, A Dunedin (NZ) based investment company.
Peter Westerhuis | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Peter is a highly-credentialed mining executive with strategic, operational, commercial and corporate experience in Australia and internationally. For the last 20 years Peter has held senior executive roles, principally focused on resource development, operations turnarounds and business growth.
Previously Peter was CEO of Batchfire Resources, who own and operate the Callide Mine in Central Queensland and CEO of Ensham Resources, who own and operate the Ensham open-cut and underground coal mines in Central Queensland. Peter has also consulted extensively for mining companies in Australia, PNG, South Africa and Chile and currently is Non-Executive Chair of Bathurst Resources Ltd (ASX:BRL), New Zealand’s largest coal producer and exporter.
Peter Harding-Smith | Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
Peter has more than 30 years’ experience in the accountancy profession. Peter has extensive experience in all aspects of company financial reporting, corporate regulatory and governance areas, business acquisition and disposal due diligence, capital raising, company initial public offerings and company secretarial responsibilities and has served as CFO and/or Company Secretary of several Australian public companies.
Peter is currently the CFO and Company Secretary for Litchfield Minerals Limited (ASX:LMS) and was CFO and Company Secretary for Orbis Gold Ltd (ASX:OBS), Metro Mining Limited (ASX:MMI), as well as a number of other junior ASX listed entities. Peter is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of FINSIA and Governance Institute, with significant experience as a public company CFO and Company Secretary, focused on finance, administration and governance roles.