BOARD
| Chairman | The Hon. Dean Brown, AO |
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Former Premier and Minister of the South Australian Government and Member of the South Australian Parliament from 1973-1985 and 1992-2006. Dean also was Deputy Premier and Leader of the Opposition. He is Chairman of InterMet Resources Limited, a Director of Scantech Limited and Foodbank SA, the Premier’s Special Advisor on the Drought, and a member of several advisory boards. Previously he was a Director of AACM International Pty Ltd (1986-92) and a Senior Agricultural Scientist, SA Government. |
| Managing Director | David Archer |
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David has held executive and non-executive roles in a number of Australian and international companies. He founded Savage Resources Limited in 1985. Savage’s portfolio included the Ernest Henry copper gold mine in North West Queensland, the Liddell coal mine in the Hunter Valley in NSW and zinc mining and smelting operations in the United States. He founded and was executive Chairman of PowerTel Limited until 1998. David is currently also the Chairman of Crusader Resources Limited and Managing Director of InterMet Resources Limited. He is a barrister (nonpractising) of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. |
| Non-Executive Director | Ronald Belz |
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Ron has been a Tax Agent since 1978, a member of CPA Australia since 1982 and a Certified Practising Accountant since 1987. He is in public practice in Edgecliff, Sydney. Ron has extensive knowledge and experience in accounting and taxation and corporate law in Australia. He is currently Treasurer and Board Member of the Academy BJE, the New South Wales Board of Jewish Education. |
| Non-Executive Director | John Gooding |
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John is a Mining Engineer with 30 years' experience in the resources industry. He has held executive management positions with Normandy Mining, MIM, Xstrata (CEO Xstrata Copper Australia), Ok Tedi Mining and Roche Mining. John has extensive experience in gold and base metal mining (both open-cut and underground) through the management and operation of mines in Australia and internationally. He is a former board member of the Queensland Resource Council and has held directorships in a number of companies within the resources industry. John is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Highlands Pacific Limited. |
| Non-Executive Director | John Quirke |
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Starting his career as a secondary school teacher, John soon became Private Secretary to a Federal Senator before being elected the Member for Playford in 1989. In 1997 he became a Federal Senator and then Deputy Chief Whip before resigning in 2000. John gained extensive State and Federal committee experience which included competition policy, public works, social development, economics and finance, and has been an active member of numerous legislative committees specialising in mining and economics since. He is a Trustee to the Australia/ Cambodia Foundation and Director of Operation Flinders. |













