Ian Finch BSc (Hons) MAusIMM – Executive ChairmanIan’s career spans over 35 years of mining and exploration. He worked extensively throughout Southern Africa between 1970 and 1981 - from the Zambian Copper Belt and Zimbabwean Nickel and Chrome fields to the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in South Africa. In 1981 he joined CRA Exploration as a Principal Geologist, before joining Bond Gold as its Chief Geologist in 1987. In these roles he was instrumental in the discovery and development of several new gold and copper/gold resources in Australia.
In 1993 Ian established Taipan Resources Ltd, a company which successfully pioneered the exploration for large gold deposits in the Ashburton district of Western Australia – when it discovered a resource of approximately 1.0 million ounces at the Paulsen’s Project.
In 1999 Ian founded Templar Resources Ltd now a 100% owned subsidiary of Canadian listed company Goldminco Corporation. As President / CEO for Goldminco Mr Finch established an extensive exploration portfolio in New South Wales where the Company is actively exploring for large porphyry copper / gold deposits. During his presidency Mr Finch forged strong strategic ties with major mining houses and financial institutions in Vancouver, Toronto and London. Mr. Finch is the Managing Director of Trafford Resources Limited and non-executive Chairman of Robust Resources Limited.
He has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Birmingham (England) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Neil McKay BBus - Company Secretary - Non-Executive DirectorNeil McKay, a former Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, has been involved in the resources industry for more than 30 years. He has been Company Secretary for several listed resource public companies and held senior administrative and accounting positions for a number of other resource companies. Since 1995 he has operated as an independent consultant, specializing in the incorporation and administration of resource companies with special focus on South East Asia. For the past two years he has divided his time between Australia, where he consults to various public companies, and South East Asia where he continues his involvement. Neil also acts as Company Secretary and is a director of a Trafford Resources Ltd. Peter Rowe BSc. FAusImm FAICD - Non-Executive DirectorMr. Rowe has extensive mining industry experience over a 35 year career in Australia and South Africa.
Following 20 years with Anglo American and De Beers, he moved to Australia in the early 1990s where he held a number of senior managerial positions. These included project director of the Fimiston expansion (Kalgoorlie Superpit), general manager of the Boddington Gold Mine and of the Boddington Expansion Project and managing director and CEO of Bulong Nickel. He joined AngloGold Ashanti in 2004 as head of AngloGold Ashanti Australia and transferred to Johannesburg in 2006. He has recently retired from his position there as executive vice president – business effectiveness and is returning to Australia.
He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering, is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
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