Executive Chairman
Mike Edwards
Mr Edwards is a Geologist and an Economist with over 25 years’ experience in senior management roles in both the private and public sectors. He worked for Barclays Australia in their Corporate Finance department before working as an Exploration and Mine Geologist with several companies including Gold Mines of Australia and Eagle Mining.
Mr Edwards has worked as a consultant and project generator across a range of industries both as a Geologist and Corporate Advisor, predominantly in Australia and Africa. He has been involved in numerous ASX listings, raising seed and IPO capital, as well as being intimately involved in several reverse take overs across a range of commodities and industries. Over the past 10 years, Mr Edwards has held numerous Executive and Non-Executive Director roles, predominantly with ASX-listed companies and most recently was Non-Executive Chairman of Firefly Resources Limited (ASX:FFR) which successfully merged with Gascoyne Resources Limited (ASX:GCY). Mr Edwards is currently NonExecutive Chairman of Greenstone Resources Limited (ASX:GSR) and Non-Executive Director of De.mem Limited (ASX:DEM).
Mr Edwards holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) from Curtin University and a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from the University of Western Australia.
Technical Director
Robin Cox
Mr Cox is an exploration geologist with over 12 years’ experience in the management of green fields and brown fields exploration. Mr Cox has held various project and senior positions across a number of ASX listed companies and his passion for mineral exploration has resulted in multi commodity experience, including nickel, lithium, gold and uranium in various mineralisation styles and models. Mr Cox holds a BSc majoring in economic geology and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
As Technical Director, Mr Cox will have oversight and be responsible for managing the Company’s exploration activities at the Company’s 80% owned Nevada Lithium Project in Nevada (US), the Saints Nickel Project (100%), the Leinster Nickel Project (100%), the Nepean Nickel Project (including the Kangaroo Hills Lithium Project) (80%) in Western Australia, and the Arden, Bonaventura and Torrens East REE-Zinc-Copper Projects (90%) in South Australia.
Non-Executive Director
Trevor Eton
Mr Eton is a well-respected finance executive with over 35 years’ extensive experience in corporate finance within the minerals industry. His previous full-time role was as CFO and Company Secretary of sulphide nickel producer, Panoramic Resources Limited (ASX:PAN) (Panoramic) from 2003 to 2020 in which he was instrumental in the financing, construction and development of the Savannah Nickel Project and the acquisition and subsequent development of the Lanfranchi Nickel Project, which saw the company reach a market capitalisation exceeding $1 billion in 2007. Prior to Panoramic, he held corporate finance roles with various other resource companies, including diversified metal producers, MPI Mines Limited (MPI) and Australian Consolidated Minerals Limited (ACM).
Trevor holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree with a major in Economics from the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Melbourne Business School and is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AFAIM).
