David Sumich

Executive Chairman

Mr. Sumich is an experienced Mining Executive with over 25 years’ experience in the mining industry,

He has operated mining and/or exploration projects in Gabon, Mali, Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Argentina and Australia.

Mr Sumich has a Bachelor of Business degree and has been a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors for 15 years. He is currently Co-Chair of Chamber of Australia Africa Mining & Investment, and he has a strong ESG focus for those companies he is involved in.

Bruce Franzen

Non-Executive Director

Mr Franzen is a certified practicing accountant with over 30 years’ local and international experience within large, complex organisations in the resources sector. Bruce has substantial executive-level and board experience executing finance and commercial roles related to exploration and development of large capital resource projects. He has recently held a senior finance leadership position with major Canadian gold producer, Kirkland Lake Gold, where he was focused on underground mining operations at the world renowned Fosterville gold mine in Victoria. Bruce has also held past senior finance positions for large companies such as Woodside Energy, Inpex and Origin Energy.

He served as an Executive director, Co-founder, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the former DMC Mining Limited from 2006 – 2009 up until its AUD$50mill takeover and subsequent delisting. He was a former Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for Globe Metals & Mining Limited from 2007 – 2009. He also previously served as an Executive director, Co-founder, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of Riedel Resources Limited from 2010 – 2014.

Andrew Dawes

Non-Executive Director (Technical)
Mr Dawes has over 14 years of experience as a geologist in mining, exploration, and resource estimation
and is a member of the AusIMM and the AIG. His extensive practical experience includes projects in copper, gold, coal, cobalt, silver, PGEs, lithium, zinc, chromite and tungsten in both open pit and underground mining. Andrew’s background is focused on developing the true value of an orebody via sound orebody knowledge exploration and evaluation.

Mr Dawes experience through the mining project cycle includes early- stage target generation, green and
brownfields exploration, project studies, development execution, mining, reconciliation, and closure
planning. His exploration experience includes all facets of mineral and coal exploration and has provided
a strong basis for project evaluation.

CSA Global

Exploration Manager

CSA Global is a mining consulting company that provides trusted technical and expert services, training and independent corporate advice to public and private mining companies, financial and legal groups.

CSA Global is an ERM Group Company that has been providing services to its clients across all mineral commodities and regions globally for over 35 years. Our team of geologists, engineers, mining consultants and data specialists are some of the most experienced and sought-after professionals across the mining industry.