MANAGEMENT STAFF

BRUCE MCFADZEAN, Managing Director

Mr McFadzean, a mining engineer, brings over 30 years of management, mining, processing and project "start up" experience to the organisation, half of which was gained in the employ of global resources brands, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Mr McFadzean has broad commodity experience in gold, iron ore, diamonds and nickel/cobalt and in a wide range of roles including corporate, managerial, technical and operational. Mr McFadzean is a Non Executive Director of Venture Minerals Limited.

ERIK PALMBACHS, Chief Financial Officer

Mr Palmbachs is an experienced CFO and holds an MSc in Mineral Economics and a Bachelor of Business (Accounting). He is a member of the Australian Society of Accountants (AASA, CPA) and has an impressive resume with over 30 years hands-on experience, much of which was gained in the resources sector.

STUART PETHER, Chief Operations Officer

Mr Pether is an experienced Mining Engineer and holds a BEng (Mining) with an impressive resume with over 20 years hands-on and technical experience in the resources sector. Mr Pether has worked in various operational, managerial, technical and corporate roles in Australia and Canada in his career covering several commodities predominately in gold, nickel and zinc. Mr Pether is equally skilled in both open pit and underground mining environments.

JOHN FRASER, General Manager – Edna May

Mr Fraser holds a BSc(Eng) in Metallurgy, Minerals Processing Option, and has over 25 years of processing experience covering operational and technical roles. This includes recent project management and commissioning experience. In Mr Fraser’s career he has predominately worked in the nickel and minerals sands commodities. 

NICK WINNALL, Geologist Exploration Manager

Mr Winnall holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology and is a Member of Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Winnall has 30 years of experience in his field, with 20 years experience as exploration manager in Western Australian.   Notably, Mr Winnall headed up the team in Meekatharra that found in excess of 3 million resource ounces of gold between 1992 and 1998.  Mr Winnall is equally experienced in greenfield exploration and orebody extension, using numerous geophysical and geochemical techniques.

ADRIAN PELLICCIA, Manager Business Development

Mr Pelliccia holds a B.Sc. Hons (Geology), a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has worked in various operational, technical and corporate roles in his career within the gold and nickel industries of Western Australia and Victoria. Mr Pelliccia is experienced in mineral resource evaluation and developing and leading operational geological teams in both underground and open pit environments.

Mr Winterbottom holds a B.Sc. (Geology) as well as a Post Graduate qualification in Geostatistics. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. In his career of more than 20 years, Mr Winterbottom has worked in various roles, his most recent role being Senior Resource Geologist for Territory Resources Limited and Geological Superintendent for Minara Resources Limited. Mr Winterbottom is an experienced geological team manager, with specific expertise in ore resource estimation and geological data evaluation. He also brings considerable expertise in due diligence investigations, resource audits, the design of resource and grade control drill programs and various geological modelling software applications.