MANAGEMENT

Matthew Wood - Director

Mr Wood has an honours degree in geology from the University of New South Wales and a graduate certificate in mineral economics from the Western Australian School of Mines. Mr Wood has over 13 years experience in the resources sector with both major and junior resource companies and has extensive experience in the technical and economic evaluation of gold and base metal projects throughout the world. Mr Wood’s expertise is in project identification, negotiation, acquisition and corporate development. In addition, he has been involved with, or led, successful discovery teams responsible for the discovery and definition of a number of gold and base metal deposits including the Challenger gold deposit in South Australia and the Fortitude and Rosemont gold deposits in Western Australia.

Mr Wood is currently the Managing Director of Iberian Resources Limited. He was instrumental in sourcing and negotiating this company’s acquisitions and is a substantial shareholder in the company. He is also a director of Elk Petroleum Limited, Black Range Minerals Limited and Overland Resources Limited.

Mike Haynes - Director

Mr Haynes has more than 14 years experience in the international mineral exploration industry. Mr Haynes graduated from the University of Western Australia with an honours degree in geology and geophysics and has explored for a wide variety of ore deposit styles throughout Australia and extensively in Southeast and Central Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. Mr Haynes 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.

Mr Haynes is one of the founders and the Technical Director of Iberian Resources Limited. Mr Haynes is also the Managing Director of Black Range Minerals Limited and the Chairman of Overland Resources Limited.

Tim Flavel - Associate

Mr Flavel is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary, with over 18 years experience in the mining industry and accounting profession both in Australia and overseas. Mr Flavel currently assists a number of resources companies operating throughout Australia, Africa and Europe with financial accounting, stock exchange compliance and regulatory activities.

Hugh Bresser - Associate

Mr Bresser has more than 14 years experience working in the resources industry. He holds an honours degree in Economic and Metalliferous Geology from James Cook University and an MBA from the Mt Eliza Business School, Melbourne.

Mr Bresser spent the last ten years working with BHP Billiton, generating and evaluating exploration projects in a variety of commodities within Australia, Asia, Southern Africa and South America. He held senior positions within BHP Billiton’s Global Exploration Division, including three years in Exploration Global Strategy, Business Planning and Risk Management. Mr Bresser spent the last 18 months of his employment with BHP Billiton in a senior role within the Iron Ore Group, working on supply chain optimisation and new capital implementation. Mr Bresser has previously held technical positions with Pancontinental Mining Ltd, Renison Goldfields Consolidated and Goldfields Ltd.