Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Pattison is a chartered accountant with experience across corporate finance, strategy and operations roles within gold and copper mines in Australia and South America. Mr Pattison holds a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting and Law, from Swinburne University of Technology and completed the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ program.
Mr Pattison has held several senior management positions and has extensive experience advising companies in the resource sector through his roles as the director of corporate finance of Deloitte, head of corporate finance of Carmichael Capital Markets Pty Ltd, managing director of Every Day Mine Services Ltd (ASX:EDS), chairman of Volt Resources Ltd (ASX:VRC), chief executive officer and managing director of Minera Gold Ltd (MIZ), founder and director of Aurum Minerals Pty Ltd, founder and managing director of Maroon Gold Pty Ltd and non-executive director of Firefly Resources Pty Ltd and Macro Metals Ltd (ASX:M4M).
Mr Pattison is currently the director of Tristar Nominees Pty Ltd and Hornet Drilling Pty Ltd, non-executive director of Firebird Metals Ltd (ASX:FRB) and non-executive chair of Industrial Minerals Ltd (ASX:IND).
Non-Executive Director
Mr Jewson is a geologist with over 20 years of experience spanning from junior mining to major exploration companies across different jurisdictions. Mr Jewson possesses wide-ranging expertise in numerous commodities in Australia and internationally, with a particular focus on iron ore, gold, uranium, coal and base metals.
Mr Jewson played a key role in exploring and discovering more than 3.5 Moz of gold deposits worldwide and has provided significant technical consultation and transaction structuring for the Bellevue Gold acquisition. Mr Jewson holds a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Mineral Exploration & Mining Geology, from Curtin University and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Mr Jewson was previously the non-executive director of Ascot Resources Ltd (ASX:AZQ), Dateline Resources Ltd (ASX:DTR) and Future Battery Minerals Ltd (ASX:FBM), Aston Minerals Ltd (ASX:ASO) and managing director of European Cobalt Ltd (ASX:EUC).
Mr Jewson is currently the managing director of Geonomics Pty Ltd, non-executive director of Macro Metals Ltd (ASX:M4M), and non-executive chair of Firetail Resources Ltd (ASX:FTL).
Non-Executive Director
Mr Puil is a former fund manager and analyst with investment management experience in the resources sector. Mr Puil holds a degree in economics from the University of Victoria British Columbia and is a globally recognised investment professional as a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Mr Puil is currently a director and chief executive officer of RIVI Capital LLC, a precious metals focused private equity fund and is a former fund manager and analyst with more than 25 years of investment experience in the resources sector. Mr Puil has held senior positions at Bolder Investment Partners (now Haywood Securities) and the Encompass Fund as a senior analyst of natural resources.
Mr Puil is currently a Non-Executive Director of Dakota Gold Corp and a member of their audit committee.
Non-Executive Director
Mr Clark has a long and highly successful track record in the international gold industry, having led companies through every phase of growth – discovery, feasibility, financing, construction and production – together with a series of value-accretive corporate transactions.
He was President & CEO of Red Back Mining Inc., which he grew into an intermediate gold producer through the development of the Chirano Gold Mine in Ghana and the Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania, before its sale to Kinross Gold Corporation in 2010 for US$7.1 billion. He subsequently led Orca Gold Inc., which discovered and developed the Block 14Gold Project in Sudan prior to its acquisition by Perseus Mining in 2022, and was most recently CEO of Montage Gold Corp (TSX: MAU), where he played a key role in the discovery and feasibility of the multi-million-ounce Koné Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, now in construction. He is currently Executive Chairman of Mx2 Mining Inc.
Mr Clark has a geological background, is a former lawyer, and is a CGIC/ICSA Accredited Director.
Non-Executive Director
Mr Scully is a mining project executive with more than 20 years’ experience delivering mine and processing plant projects in remote locations across Australia and West Africa, spanning feasibility studies and the construction of both greenfield and brownfield developments across multiple commodities.
He is currently Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Many Peaks Minerals Ltd (ASX: MPK). He was previously Project Director for West African Resources Ltd (ASX: WAF), where he led construction of the large-scale Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Prior to that, at Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU) he oversaw the development and construction of the Sissingué and Yaouré gold projects in Côte d’Ivoire – an investment of over A$500 million, delivered ahead of schedule and under budget – and at Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) he was Group Manager – Projects, completing the Mt Carlton gold-silver project in North Queensland.
Mr Scully holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours from Deakin University, is a Member of Engineers Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.