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Directors and Management:
Michael Haynes
Chairman
Mr Haynes has more than 14 years experience in the international resources industry. Mr Haynes graduated from the University of Western Australia with an honours degree in geology and geophysics and has explored for a wide variety of ore deposit styles throughout Australia and extensively in Southeast and Central Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. Mr Haynes has held technical positions with both BHP Minerals and Billiton plc. He ran his own successful consulting business for a number of years providing professional geophysical and exploration services to both junior and major resource companies. He has worked extensively on project generation and acquisition throughout his career.
Mr Haynes is the Managing Director of Black Range Minerals Limited and one of the founders and an Executive Director of Iberian Resources Limited.
Hugh Bresser
Managing Director
Mr Bresser has more than 14 years experience working in the resources industry. He holds an honours degree in Economic and Metalliferous Geology from James Cook University and an MBA from the Mt Eliza Business School, Melbourne.
Mr Bresser has spent the last ten years working with BHP Billiton, generating and evaluating exploration projects in a variety of commodities within Australia, Asia, Southern Africa and South America. He was involved with Billiton’s successful Junior Alliance Strategy in Australia and post merger held senior positions within BHP Billiton’s Global Exploration Division, including three years in Exploration Global Strategy, Business Planning and Risk Management. Mr Bresser spent the last 18 months of his employment with BHP Billiton in a senior role within the Iron Ore Group, working on supply chain optimisation and new capital implementation. Mr Bresser has previously held technical positions with Pancontinental Mining Ltd, Renison Goldfields Consolidated and Goldfields Ltd.
Anthony Polglase
Director
With 30 years multi-disciplined mining experience across 10 different countries, Mr Polglase is qualified in mechanical and electrical engineering with an honours degree in Metallurgy from the Camborne School of Mines, UK.
Mr Polglase has acquired detailed knowledge relating the development and operation of gold, copper, lead, zinc and tin projects and has either been responsible for or closely involved with the commissioning of more than seven mining projects. Previous employers include Iberian Resources, Ivernia Corp, Rio Tinto, TVX and Ashanti Goldfields.
Project management including critical evaluation, implementation and commissioning are Mr Polglase's strengths. Mr Polglase has a demonstrated ability of successfully bringing projects on line in the most challenging of environments including former Soviet Union countries.
Gibson Pierce
Director
Mr Pierce has more than 35 years experience in the resource industry. He has in depth knowledge of the development, commissioning and operation of base metal and coal mines globally.
Mr Pierce recently concluded a successful career with BHP Billiton during which he held senior operational management positions at the Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea, BHP Coal Mines in Indonesia and the Island Copper Mine in Canada. Mr Pierce spent the last 10 years in the role of Business Development Manager, directing project evaluation, construction, and mine closure in Australia, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.
Mr Pierce is a Canadian citizen and resident. He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Alberta, Canada and runs his own successful mining consultancy business focused on project evaluation.
Mr Pierce brings additional strength, experience and local knowledge to the Board as the Company advances the Andrew Zinc Deposit in Canada towards production.
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