The Board & Management

Derek Carter has over 40 years’ experience in exploration and mining geology and management. He held senior positions in Burmine Ltd and the Shell Group of Companies where he was responsible for discovering the Los Santos tungsten deposit in Spain, before founding Minotaur Gold NL in 1993. He resigned as Chairman of Minotaur Exploration Ltd in November 2016. He is the Chairman of Petratherm Limited, and former Chairman of Highfield Resources Ltd.

Derek is a former President of the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy, former member of the Australian Gold Council and the South Australian Minerals and Energy Council. He is a member of the South Australian Minerals and Petroleum Experts Group. He was awarded AMEC’s Prospector of the Year Award (jointly) in 2003 for the discovery of the Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit, the AusIMM President’s Award and is a Centenary Medallist.

Since joining Hillgrove 2012, Lachlan held various operational roles at the Kanmantoo Copper Mine including General Manager before becoming the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in 2019. Previously Lachlan was responsible for Stemcor's global mining assets, developing their iron ore and manganese portfolio in India and nickel project in Indonesia at a time when Stemcor's annual turnover exceeded £6Bn. Lachlan has held technical, managerial and consulting roles in Africa and Australia, including Anglo Gold Ashanti's Siguiri gold project in Guinea, Barrick’s Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, and the Savage River iron ore mine in Tasmania. A qualified mining engineer, Lachlan also holds a Master of Mineral & Energy Economics, an MBA, and is a graduate of the AICD.

Murray joined the Board in May 2019, as a Non-Executive Director. Murray has over 35 years experience in merchant banking and finance, undertaking company reconstructions, mergers and acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Hong Kong. Murray holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from the Victoria University in Wellington and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Institute of Directors of New Zealand and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. In addition, Murray has held executive positions and directorships in the transport, horticulture, finance service, investment, health services and property industries.

Murray is currently the Chairman of Eureka Group Holdings (ASX: EGH) and National Tyre & Wheel Limited (ASX: NTD).

Roger joined the board in June 2023 as a Non-Executive Director. Roger has over 50 years of experience and deep working experience leading mining companies and operations, which includes being a former Managing Director of Ok Tedi Mining Limited in Papua New Guinea and Senior Vice President, Copper at Canadian metals and mining company, Teck Resources Limited. Prior to this, he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with BHP Billiton Base Metals Customer Sector Group working in Australia and also held senior positions with BHP Billiton in Chile. He holds the position of Adjunct Professor with the Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland.

In addition to this, Roger has significant governance expertise, which includes being a current Non-Executive Director of Worley Limited and Newcrest Mining Limited. He was also recently the Chairman of Demetallica Limited, prior to its takeover by AIC Mines Limited.

Joe joined Hillgrove in 2011 and has held a number of roles within the finance team, which spanned commercial and planning to financial control before becoming the Chief Commercial Officer and Company Secretary in 2020. Prior to Hillgrove, Joe held a number of roles which included as a corporate finance executive at PwC Corporate Finance, commodities trader at Glencore, and as an auditor at KPMG. A CPA qualified accountant, Joe completed his MBA at HKUST and London Business School.

Glenn joined Hillgrove Resources as the Processing Plant Manager in 2011 before accepting the General Manager role in 2019. As a qualified and experienced Chemical Engineer, Glenn also holds a Master of Finance, and has gained a wealth of knowledge from exposure across a range of operational, technical, management and consulting roles in both Australia and Canada over the past 20 years. Commencing his career in metallurgy, he held various positions with Xstrata Mount Isa Mines (Queensland), BHP Olympic (South Australia) and Lennard Shelf Pillara Lead-Zinc Mine (WA). Glenn then spent three years in Canada with Barrick Gold as Mill Manager at the Hemlo Gold Mine before returning to Australia and commencing with Hillgrove.

Peter is a geologist with over 40 years of diverse Australian and international experience. He has a track record of success in mineral exploration and mining geology across a number of countries and commodities with experience in project acquisition, community liaison, landholder and native title communications and agreements, evaluation, exploration, development, and mining. Peter has been with Hillgrove since late 2015 and is also responsible for the Mineral Resource and Exploration reporting for the Company.