Board of Directors

Geoffrey Lloyd WEDLOCK
(Chairman; Non-executive director)

Geoff was appointed as a director on 9 March 2009. Geoff is a director to a number of ASX listed exploration companies, including independent Non Executive director of Gindalbie metals Ltd, Non Executive director of Sundance Resources Ltd and Non-Executive director of Gladiator Resources Ltd. Geoff's former roles include managing director of Grange Resources Ltd and Portman Ltd and Executive Vice President and CEO of BHP iron Ore Pty Ltd.

Geoff has extensive experience in mining, transport and infrastructure industries.

Paul Raymond MURRAY FFin, CPA
(Independent Non-executive director, Audit and Remuneration Committee Chairman)

Paul was appointed as a director on 20 August 2003. Paul has served on the board and consulted to a number of ASX listed resource exploration companies.

With a business career spanning 50 years, he has also been responsible for the successful listing on the ASX of a number of public companies, including resource exploration floats such as the oil and gas producers Basin Oil NL and Reef Oil NL. He has not been a director of any other ASX listed companies in the past three years.

Andrew BELL
(Non-executive director)

Andrew Bell was appointed as a director of the Company on 19 May 2008.

Andrew is Chairman of Red Rock Resources plc, a company listed on the Aim market of the London Stock exchange Ltd, and a substantial shareholder of Jupiter mines Ltd. He was a natural resources analyst in London in the 1970s, then specialised in investment and investment banking covering the Asian region. He has been involved in the resource and mining sectors in Asia since the 1990s, and has served on the Boards of a number of listed resource companies. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society. He is presently also Chairman of Resource Star Limited (ASX:RSL) and Chairman of Regency mines plc (AIM:RGM), both affiliates of Red Rock Resources plc, and of Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP). He has not been a director of any other ASX listed companies in the past three years.

Priyank THAPLIYAL
(Non-executive director)

Priyank Thapliyal was appointed as a director of the Company on 4 June 2008.

Priyank Thapliyal a founding partner of Pallinghurst Resources LLP, joined Sterlite Industries in 2000 as a USD 100 million firm, serving as deputy to the owner mr. Anil Agarwal. He implemented the strategies that led to Sterlite becoming Vedanta Resources plc (including its USD 870 million London IPO), a FTST 100 company which was valued at USD 7.5 billion at the time of his departure in October 2005. Priyank Thapliyal led Vedanta’s USD 50 million investment in Konkola Copper mines, Zambia, in 2004, a stake currently valued at more than USD 1 billion. Priyank was a former mining and metals investment banker with CIBCWM, Toronto Canada and is a qualified Metallurgical Engineer, MBA (Western Ontario, Canada) and former Falconbridge employee. He has not been a director of any other ASX listed companies in the past three years.