Michael Wright
(Non-executive Chairman)
B.Bus
Mr Wright has had over 25 years experience in the resources industry, particularly in the management of listed resource companies in the gold, minerals and oil and gas sectors. During that time he has held positions with Herald Resources, Laurel Bay Petroleum, Occidental Oil, the Griffin Coal group, Arthur Andersen and others. An executive director of Herald Resources from 1993 to 2008, Mr Wright oversaw the development of 6 mines since joining that company. As part of that process, he was also instrumental in some of the early resource loans and innovative hedging arrangements in their infancy in Australia. In the last 5 years of his tenure to 2008, the market capitalisation of Herald grew from $50m to over $500m.
Dr Boris Matveev
(Managing Director)
PhD, GradDipBus, MAIG
Dr Matveev has 28 years experience in the mining and exploration industry and in geoscientific research in Australia, Africa, the USA and FSU including the last 15 years in senior and executive positions with ASX and AIM listed resource companies. His technical expertise includes exploration management, remote sensing & GIS and environmental management. As executive director of Carnegie Minerals plc, Dr Matveev recently oversaw the development of a West African industrial mineral project from an early exploration stage to mining operations and export of mineral concentrates to China. Before moving to Australia in 1994, he held the position of associate professor and senior research positions at leading Moscow universities where he undertook projects in geology and natural resource management.
Christopher Wanless
(Non-executive Director)
Llb (Hons)/BEc
Mr Wanless has a Hons Degree in Law and a Bachelors degree in Economics both from Monash University, Melbourne and is currently studying for a Master of Applied Finance and Investments. He has worked for infrastructure consulting firm The Peron Group as a management consultant. He also has practical field experience in mineral exploration having worked for Greenstone Resources NL and Galaxy Resources Ltd. He is a director of Quaalup Investments Pty Ltd, a private resource investment company. Chris is a Director of the Company’s Mongolian subsidiary, Golden Cross LLC.
Lindsay Colless
(Joint Company Secretary )
CA, JP (NSW), FAICD
Mr Colless is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia with 15 years experience in the profession and a further 28 years experience in Commerce, mainly in the mineral and petroleum exploration industry in the capacities of financial controller, company secretary and director. He is a director of a number of public listed companies and company secretary for Alkane Resources Ltd, BC Iron Limited and Galaxy Resources Limited (joint).
Craig Readhead
(Non-Executive Director)
B Juris Llb.
Mr Readhead holds the degrees of Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Jurisprudence from the University of Western Australia. He has spent the last 30 years practicing in the resources law area and was a partner of a major Perth Law firm before forming his own practice 10 years ago. He is now a principal of the law firm Allion Legal. Mr Readhead has had a significant role in the development of a number of mining projects within Australia, Africa and South East Asia. Mr Readhead is a director of a number of listed and unlisted companies including Galaxy Resources Ltd.
Robert Wanless
(Non-executive Director)
Mr Wanless is a prospector and mining investor with 32 years mining industry experience. He was employed by Placer Exploration Limited as a professional prospector and exploration supervisor covering South East Asia and Australia including exploration at Laloki, Watut and Pleysumi (PNG) and throughout Western Australia. Since then he embarked on all aspects of mineral exploration, assessment, acquisition, fieldwork, development and mining, mainly in Western Australia. He has negotiated numerous mining related sale and joint venture agreements with International and Australian mining companies involving gold, base metals and industrial mineral properties. Recently he managed the Alicia Gold Mine in Western Australia. He is a past founding director of ASX listed Greenstone Resources NL and current founding director of ASX listed Galaxy Resources Ltd.
Karen Brown
(Joint Company Secretary)
BEc(Hons)
Miss Brown is an honours graduate in Economics from the University of Western Australia. Miss Brown has considerable experience in corporate administration of listed companies over a period spanning 24 years, primarily in the mineral exploration industry and is currently the company secretary for Advance Healthcare Group Limited, Atom Energy Ltd, Austral Africa Resources Limited, Newland Resources Ltd, Northern Star Resources Ltd and Joint Company Secretary for Galaxy Resources Limited.
Lhagva Choyon
(Senior Manager, Golden Cross LLC)
Mr. Choyon holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and Masters in Mineral Exploration from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology, School of Geology. Mr. Choyon has previously worked as a Senior Exploration Geologist for Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia and Ivanhoe Australia Limited. Mr. Choyon has over seven-year exploration geology experience in Mongolia and Australia with emphasis on IOGC and porphyry style mineralization systems. Choyon has managing exploration on drilling projects, directing field teams on mapping and geochemistry programs, and conducting project reviews.