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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
Directors’ Report cont.
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Neil Lithgow, MSc, FFin, MAusIMM (Non Executive Director)
Mr Lithgow is a geologist by profession with over 20 years experience in mineral exploration, economics and mining feasibility
studies covering base metals, coal, iron ore and gold. Mr Lithgow has previously worked for Aquila Resources Limited, Eagle
Mining Corporation and De Grey Mining Limited.
Mr Lithgow is a non-executive director of Aspire Mining Limited (12 February 2010 to current) and he is a member of the
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
Mr Lithgow has not held any other listed company directorships in the last 3 years.
John Sibly, BAppSc, AsDipMet, FAusIMM (Non Executive Director)
Mr Sibly is a highly experienced and well credentialed executive, with more than 35 years of operational and executive
experience within the bauxite and alumina refinery sectors, including more than 15 years as a senior executive with Alcoa. In
2006 Mr Sibly retired from his role of President Global Manufacturing Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals, based in New York.
In this position he was responsible for nine refineries and five operating mines around the world. He was also accountable for
engineering, construction, and research and development of Alcoa’s mining and refineries.
In his career with Alcoa Mr Sibly held various senior positions, including leading the process design team and being inaugural
works manager at the Sao Luis Alumina refinery in Brazil, and works manager at the Kwinana and Pinjarra refineries in Western
Australia.
In 2000 Mr Sibly received the Irving W Wilson award for ‘outstanding leadership and management of technology throughout
Alcoa’. Mr Sibly has previously been a president of the Australian Minerals Industry Research Association, director of the centre
for minesite rehabilitation research, and member of many other councils and advisory bodies.
Mr Sibly has not held any other listed company directorships in the last 3 years.
Zhaozhong Wang, (Non Executive Director - Appointed 31 March 2014)
Mr Wang is the representative from the Company’s substantial shareholder, HD Mining & Investments Pty Ltd (“HD Mining”).
Mr Wang was recently appointed the managing director of HD Mining which is a subsidiary of Shandong No1 Geo-mineral
Exploration Institute at the Shandong Bureau of Geology in China and is based in Perth, Western Australia.
He is a qualified senior geologist who graduated from the Geological Science Institute of Shandong Jianzhu University in June
1991. He has been involved in geological exploration and survey and was previously in charge of the following Chinese projects:
Pingdu Hill Gold, Dawenkou Mazhuang county Gypsum Project, Shandong Longkou Liangjia Coal Project and Laizhou Sanshan
Island Gold Project.
He has accumulated geological experience in the Chinese mining industry including gold, copper, coal, iron, gypsum and
bauxite.
Mr Wang has not held any other listed company directorships in the last 3 years.
Barry Carbon, AM ATSE, FEIANZ, MSc (Non Executive Chairman - Retired 9 August 2013)
Chenghai Yang, (David) (Non Executive Director - Appointed 11 September 2013, Resigned 31 March 2014)
Feng Ding, (Non Executive Director – Resigned 11 September 2013)
Jitai Yan, (Non Executive Director – Resigned 2 September 2013)
Qingwei Zhan, (Non Executive Director - Appointed 2 September 2013, Resigned 7 March 2014)
COMPANY SECRETARY
Sam Middlemas, B.Com.,PGrad DipBus., CA
Mr Robert Samuel (Sam) Middlemas was appointed Company Secretary on 6 July 2012. Mr Middlemas is a chartered
accountant with more than 15 years experience in various financial and company secretarial roles with a number of listed public
companies operating in the resources sector. He is the principal of a corporate advisory company which provides financial,
board and secretarial services specialising in capital raisings and initial public offerings. Previously Mr Middlemas worked for an
international accountancy firm. His fields of expertise include corporate secretarial practice, financial and management reporting
in the mining industry, treasury and cash flow management and corporate governance.