Directors

Paul Atherley is a highly experienced senior resources executive with wide ranging international and capital markets experience. He graduated as mining engineer from Imperial College London and has held a number of senior executive and board positions. Paul is currently Chairman of LSE listed Pensana Plc.

Paul is based in London and has broad experience in raising debt and equity finance for resource companies. He served as Executive Director of the investment banking arm of HSBC Australia where he undertook a range of advisory roles in the resources sector. He has completed a number of acquisitions and financings of resources projects in Europe, China, Australia and Asia.

Paul is a strong supporter of Women in STEM and has established a scholarship which provides funding for young women to further their education in science and engineering.

Sam Quinn is a corporate lawyer with over 20 years’ worth of experience in the natural resources sector, in both legal counsel and management positions. Sam is a principal of Silvertree Partners, a London-based specialist corporate services provider for the natural resources industry. In addition Sam holds various other Non-Executive Directorships and company secretarial roles for listed and unlisted natural resources companies. During time spent in these roles, Sam has gained significant experience in the administration, operation, financing and promotion of natural resource companies.

Previously, Sam worked as the Director of Corporate Finance and Legal Counsel for the Dragon Group, a London based natural resources venture capital firm and as a corporate lawyer for Jackson McDonald Barristers & Solicitors in Perth, Western Australia and for Nabarro LLP in London.

Helen Pein has over 35 years’ experience in the natural resources sector and currently serves as a Director of Pan Iberia Ltd, Trident Royalties Plc and Panex Resources Pty Ltd.

Helen is the current CEO of Goldrange Resources, a private company focused on gold exploration in Africa. She was previously a Director at Pangea Exploration Pty Ltd, a company affiliated with Denham Capital, where she was part of the team responsible for discovering several world-class gold and mineral sands deposits across Africa. Helen has also served as a technical advisor to various listed and private resource companies, and as a Non-Executive Director of a US-based SPAC. She is a recipient of the Gencor Geology Award.

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