Dr Loftus-Hills has 37 years’ mining industry experience, including 28 years with Western Mining Corporation and Normandy Mining Limited. His roles with Western Mining Corporation included that of General Manager Mineral Exploration (Australasia).

He has previously served as a Director of Aurora Gold Limited and Abelle Limited, Chairman of NGM Resources Limited, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Robert had a background in accounting and finance prior to working for a major investment bank in Sydney and New York focusing on global mining. He has been involved in the mining industry for approximately 20 years arranging equity and debt financing for junior and major mining companies. More lately he has taken active roles in the financing, management and development of exploration opportunities across a broad spectrum of commodities in various countries. He was a founding shareholder and director (2001-2006) of ASX listed Cooper Energy Limited and was a founding shareholder, director and acting CEO of NGM Resources Limited, taken over by Paladin Energy Limited in 2010.

Pieter is a registered professional engineer with a wealth of experience in the resources industry since the early 1990's. He began his career in mining in South Africa where he worked as an engineer at the Sishen iron ore mine from 1992-1997. He also had various executive roles in corporate strategy and business consulting and managed various corporate level strategic initiatives. His experience also includes coal, base metals, heavy minerals, and industrial minerals. In early 2004 he moved to Australia and set up Royal Bank of Canada's investment banking division in Sydney. He joined The Sentient Group in early 2007 as investment professional. Pieter has a BEng degree in engineering, an MBA, and is also a Member of AusIMM.