About

Graeme Sloan

Bsc MEng, Dip MSur, MAusIMM, MAICD – Interim Chief Executive Officer

Graeme Sloan is a qualified Mining Engineer with a First Class Mine Managers Certificate and a career spaning over 35 years in corporate affairs, operational management, technical and project development. He has worked in Australia, North and South America and held senior technical roles for ASX and AIM listed companies including Managing Director/CEO, Non-Executive Director, Chairman and Member of Audit, Risk and Sustainability Committees and General Manager of Operations. He also held Board positions for several Not-for-Profit organisations.

Graeme has experience with a wide range of commodities including base metals, gold and mineral sands. Graeme has a demonstrable record in operational management, building companies through organic and M&A activity and developing funding alternatives. He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Vic Bullo

BSc MEng, MAusIMM

Vic Bullo is a Mining Professional with over 35 years industry experience covering project engineering, sales & marketing and the placement of executive management teams into global mining operations.

Mr Bullo held a number of mining positions with WMC at Kambalda followed by a 23 year career with an international equipment manufacturer holding various state and national sales & marketing roles and was an Executive on the Australian mining management team. Vic was also the Principal Mining Consultant and Associate at an Executive Mining Recruitment House for 13 years.

Vic now runs his own consulting business and holds several directorships in private companies. A number of these private companies have led to AIM and ASX listings and cover various commodities and has operations in Australia, Africa and USA.

Mr Bullo graduated with a degree in Mining Engineering from the Western Australian School of Mines Kalgoorlie, is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is also a Life Member of the WA Mining Club.

Patrick Ellis

BSc Eng (Hons), MBA, FAusIMM, FIEAust, FAICD

Patrick Ellis is a Mining Executive and Engineering Professional with particular expertise in developing and running international mineral extraction operations. This experience is underpinned by a career of over 30 years in providing leadership to multiple open cut and underground mines in the metalliferous and coal sectors.

Mr Ellis provides a full spectrum of expertise from concept development and feasibility study through to project development and steady state operations. He has held roles including Project Manager, General Manager, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer, working for major mining companies and Tier 1 mining contractors.

Mr Ellis is an Executive Director with JukesTodd specialising in providing advisory and project management services to the global mining sector. He is recognised for his innovative approach in delivering sustainable frameworks to new project developments and for redirecting existing operations for maximum efficiency and lowest cost

Mr Ellis graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BSc Eng (Hons) and with an MBA (Corporate Development and Finance) from the University of South Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Brian Thomas

BSc, MBA, Grad Cert App Fin Inv, MAusIMM, MAICD, SA Fin

Mr Thomas is the principal of Hensman Corporate, a corporate advisory practice working with small to mid-market capitalisation companies in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and investor relations. He has held both Executive and Non-Executive Director roles with numerous ASX listed and unlisted companies after an extensive career in the financial services sector in corporate stockbroking, investment banking, funds management and banking.

He has more than 30 years of mining and exploration industry experience in a broad range of commodities from precious and base metals, bulk and industrial minerals, diamonds plus oil and gas.

Mr Thomas graduated from the University of Adelaide with a BSc in Geology and Mineral Economics, the University of Western Australia Business School with an MBA and the Securities Institute of Australia (now FinSIA) with a Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment. He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Sergio Avendano

(ESPIGA Partner)

Sergio Avendano is a Civil Structural Engineer from the Universidad de Santiago, with over 25 years of experience in the mining and metallurgy industry. Sergio specialises in the planning and development of engineering and project management. He has worked in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Argentina and Chile, undertaking a wide range of roles including feasibility studies, EPCM projects, contract supervision, environmental studies, permits and coordination activities in construction. Sergio has a strong network within the Chilean mining industry including Government, environmental and the community.

Richard Joughin

Company Secretary

In early 2014, Richard took on a full-time position with the Wolfstar and became a founding director of Sirius Corporate Services. Prior to this role, Richard was an audit Director with over eleven years’ experience in Audit and Corporate Services together where he provided significant audit and corporate services to a vast array of listed companies, and large proprietary companies. Richard has also provided organisations with professional advice in respect to assurance and financial reporting matters.

Richard is a member of CAANZ, a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, and a former Registered Company Auditor, specialising in financial reporting and disclosure; audit and assurance; corporate advisory and independent expert reports; prospectuses and independent accountant reports; business and financial services.

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