Directors
Michael Haynes - Chairman
Michael has more than 17 years experience in the resources industry. He graduated from the University of Western Australia with an honours degree in geology and geophysics and has been intimately involved in the exploration and development of a wide variety of ore deposit styles throughout the world.
Michael has held technical positions with both BHP Minerals and Billiton plc. He ran his own successful consulting business for a number of years providing professional geophysical and exploration services to both junior and major resource companies. He has worked extensively on project generation and acquisition throughout his career and has been instrumental in the incorporation, financing and ongoing management of numerous junior resources companies.
Michael is the Managing Director of Black Range Minerals Limited and Chairman of Overland Resources Limited and Coventry Resources Limited. He is also a Director of Eagle Eye Metals.
Michael Fowler - Managing Director/CEO
Michael is a geologist with 22 years industry experience in the resources industry. He graduated from Curtin University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree majoring in geology and in 1999 received a Master of Science majoring in Ore Deposit Geology from the University of Western Australia. On graduating he explored for gold and base metals for Dominion Mining in the Murchison, Gascoyne and Eastern Goldfields Regions of Western Australia.
In 1996, Mr Fowler joined Croesus Mining NL and was made Exploration Manager in 1997. He oversaw all exploration for Croesus until June 2004 and was then appointed Business Development Manager and subsequently Managing Director in October 2005. Mr Fowler has overseen the discovery and development of several significant gold deposits. He has been intimately involved in a number of significant acquisitions and project reviews. Michael has recently worked as the Exploration Manager for Castle Minerals in Ghana, and was a Non-Executive Director of Azure Minerals Limited until August 2007.
Graeme Smith - Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary
Graeme Smith is a finance professional with over 20 years experience in accounting and company administration. He graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Economics and has been granted a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Commercial Law. He is a Fellow of both the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators. He has held CFO and Company Secretary positions with Top 10 Australian and overseas mining companies.
