​Board and Management

GREGORY BITTAR
non-executive chairman

Greg has extensive experience in public and private markets mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and strategic advisory assignments across a range of sectors including general industries, metals and mining, mining services and energy. Greg has worked for Bankers Trust, Baring Brothers Burrows and with Morgan Stanley in London, Melbourne and Sydney. Greg is currently a Non-Executive Director of Horizon Oil Limited and previously held the position of Chairman for ASX listed mining companies Trek Metals and Millennium Minerals.
Greg holds a Master of Finance from the London Business School, a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney.

Ashok Perekh
non-executive DIRECTOR

Mr Ashok Parekh (B.Bus, AIMM, CTA, FNTAA, FTIA, FCA) is a chartered accountant of over 40 years’ experience, who owns a large accounting practice in Kalgoorlie which he has operated for 38 years. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 by the Governor General of Australia and was awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the highest award granted by the institute in Australia.
 
Mr Parekh has over 38 years’ experience in providing advice to mining companies and service providers to the mining industry. He has spent many years negotiating with public listed companies and prospectors on mining deals which have resulted in new IPOs and the commencement of new gold mining operations. He has also been involved in the management of gold mining and milling companies in the Kalgoorlie region and has been the Managing Director of some of these companies. He is well known in the West Australian mining industry and has a very successful background in the ownership of numerous businesses in the Goldfields. 

Mr Parekh is currently Chairman of Horizon Minerals Limited and was previously a Director of MacPhersons Resources Limited until its delisting in 2019.

Jonathan Downes
Non-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jonathan has more than 25 years’ experience in the mining industry and has worked in various geological and corporate capacities. Jonathan has experience with nickel, gold and base metals and has also been intimately involved with numerous private and public capital raisings. He was a founding director of Hibernia Gold (later Moly Mines Ltd) (ASX: MOL), Ironbark Zinc Limited (ASX:IBG) and Siberia Mining Corporation Ltd (ASX: SIB) and is currently a non-executive director of Galena Mining Limited (ASX: G1A) and Corazon Mining Limited (ASX: CZN).

Steve brockhurst
COMPANY SECRETARY

Steve is currently Managing Director of Mining Corporate, and holds over 20 years’ experience in corporate and capital structuring, corporate advisory, ASX and ASIC compliance requirements, company secretarial services, and capital raising. 
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He has been involved in the listing of numerous junior resources and  mineral exploration companies on the ASX in the past 15 years, and has served or continues to serve as Director and or Company Secretary for many of these companies. This currently includes serving as the Director of Estrella Resources Limited and Nelson Resources Limited.

ed turner
Ceo

Ed is a geologist with 30 years of experience throughout Europe, South America, Africa and Australia in a range of roles encompassing base, precious and specialty metals for leading mining companies. Technical strengths include exploration, underground mining, resource estimation, feasibility studies and development level work. Ed was previously engaged as the CEO and General Manager of Exploration of Geology for Galena Mining Limited where he delineated the high grade Abra lead-silver deposit that is shaping up to be a highly profitable mine development.
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