Key Personnel
Industry-leading Technical Team With Record of Value Creation and Discovery
Rene Sterk
Chairman & Director
MSc FAusIMM CP(Geo) MAIG (RPGeo) MSEG MInstD
Rene holds a master’s degree in Structural Geology and Tectonics. He is a Chartered Professional and a Fellow with the AusIMM, and a Member and Registered Professional Geologist with the AIG. Rene is a director of RSC (international geological consultancy), a director with the AusIMM (peak body for mining professionals with 13,000 members), a director of Straterra (New Zealand’s industry lobby group and national voice for the natural resources industries), a director of Opaxe (an information technology company providing mineral resource intelligence data). He also holds an ex-officio role on the JORC committee.
Tobias Foster
Managing Director
BSc MBA PgCert (Pet. Eng.)
Toby has over 20 years’ experience in the resources industry, including as Director of Advent Energy, Operations Manager of a geochemical consultancy successfully acquired by global laboratory group SGS, and Corporate Development Manager for an ASX listed venture capital group focused on investment into companies targeting potentially large energy and mineral resources. Toby has led successful exploration and appraisal programs around Australia, and secured multi-million dollar corporate and asset-level transactions.
Craig Wright
Director & Company Secretary
MSc MAusIMM MAICD
Craig has over 20 years’ experience in company management, 14 years’ in mining and exploration, and was a not-for-profit director for 15 years. He founded a highly successful IT-innovation brand that is established in Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia. For nine years, Craig was Chief Operating Officer of RSC’s resource development consultancy where he heads up the group’s corporate development and strategy. He has a track record of analytical thinking, commercial strategy and detailed financial analysis from his prior work in business management consulting.
Richard Hall
General Manager – Exploration
MSc FAusIMM MGSA
Richard has vast experience across Australia, New Zealand and Africa, including extensive work on sedimentary basin mineralisation. He has diverse commodity exposure including heavy mineral sands and laterite-hosted polymetallic deposits with rare earth elements. He has 38 years’ experience in the mining industry, having held senior positions with Goldfields (NYSE: GFI), Anglovaal Gold Division, De Beers Group, Namakwa Diamonds (LSE: NAD) and Newfield Resources (ASX: NWF).