Kay Donehue

Company Secretary

GradDipACG; GIA(Cert); AGIA; ACIS; AAICD; Chartered Secretary

Kay Donehue has over 25 years’ experience in the mining and banking industries, and focuses extensively on company secretarial and governance roles in the mining sector. Kay was previously Company Secretary of Indophil Resources NL which was delisted from the ASX in 2015 following completion of a Scheme of Arrangement with its major shareholder.

Kay is an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia and holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.

Peter Bird

EGM Investor Relations & Business Development

BSc(Hons); MAICD; MAusIMM

Peter Bird is a professional leader with extensive knowledge in relation to the operation, improvement and marketing of listed and unlisted mining companies. Peter is well known and highly respected within the Australian mining industry and the broader equity industries. Peter’s wide-ranging experience has seen him recognised as the Number 1 Investor Relations Manager of all listed Australian companies in 2000 and prior to that, the top-rated Australian Gold Analyst within Australia, Europe and Asia. 

Prior to his current role, Peter was the Executive Chairman of Zenith Minerals Ltd and, prior to which, he led Asiamet Resources Limited as CEO. He was Non-Executive Chairman of Excelsior Gold Limited and prior to that was a joint founder of Heemskirk Consolidated Limited, firstly as EGM Corporate & Executive Director Corporate and then leading the company as Managing Director prior to its divestment and international relocation. Peter was General Manager Human Resources and General Manager Investor Relations with Newcrest Mining, EGM Investor Relations with Normandy Mining and Vice President Analyst Gold with Merrill Lynch Equities Australia. Peter’s experience includes Business Analyst and Geology positions (mine geologist, underground and exploration geologist) with WMC Resources.

Peter is currently Non-Executive Chairman of ASX listed base metals explorer Cosmo Metals.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours), Geoscience Major, Botany & Economics. Peter is a member of the AICD and AusIMM.

Jason Schell

Executive General Manager, South Australia

B.Eng, FAusIMM, FIEAust, MCIPS, GAICD

Jason Schell is a senior executive with extensive operational expertise across a 30-year career in mining and mineral processing, including the disciplines of hydrometallurgy, smelting, refining, steel manufacturing and large complex EPCM/EPC capital projects.

Jason also has experience in the South Australian Government Departments of the Premier & Cabinet and Treasury Finance.

Jason has a long history with the Olympic Dam Operations & Project in South Australia. He has previously held a number of senior management positions with BHP and WMC Resources, including General Manager Surface Operations, General Manager Smelter & Refinery, Vice President HSEC, Project Director Infrastructure, Head of Projects and Head of Human Resources.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Engineering – Metallurgical Engineering (First Class Honours); he is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; a Fellow of Engineers Australia; a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply; a Fellow of Engineers Australia; and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ronald Douglas

Owners’ Team (Hillside Project)

B.Eng, FAIM, MAusIMM, MAICD

On 21 April 2022, Ron stepped down as a Director of Rex Minerals to focus on his role as Rex’s representative to drive the engineering, procurement and construction services for the process plant and associated infrastructure at the Hillside Copper-Gold Project in South Australia. This follows the appointment of Ausenco for the provision of EPCM services for Hillside.

Ron is an engineer by qualification and has extensive experience leading owners' teams for major projects located around the world. Ron is Executive Vice President at Ausenco, and he has over 35 years' global experience in project delivery and resources sector management. His previous roles have included Global Head of Projects and Technology for Orica; Executive General Manager Projects and Studies for Newcrest; Chief Executive Officer of Australian Solomons Gold; Managing Director for Anglesey Aluminium Metal (part of Rio Tinto); and General Manager for Rio Tinto's aluminium and coal projects. Ron was formerly a Non-Executive Chairman of Highlands Pacific Limited.

Ron is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has extensive and well-recognised expertise in industrials, minerals and metals, as well as oil and gas.

John Burgess

Project Manager

B.Sc, B. App. Econ, B.Sc. (Env. Man.), MBA, Fellow of AusIMM

John Burgess is a Process and Environmental Engineer with over 45 years' base metal and precious metal experience in operations, design and construction within Australia and Africa.

John consulted widely within the mining industry in relation to optimising processing performance at various operations in Australia and Africa on various base metal and gold operations.  He has held positions as Manager Metallurgy and Environment at Broken Hill, Manager Process & Projects at EMR Golden Grove, General Manager Renison Tin Mine and General Manager Angas Zinc Mine.

John has extensive experience both nationally and internationally in project management, statutory approvals, design and commissioning of lead, zinc, silver, tin, nickel, copper and gold plants.

Steve Olsen

Geology Director

B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Minex), D. Fin. & Inv.; MAusIMM

Steve Olsen has over 25 years’ experience in the resources industry.  Steve’s principle profession is a geologist, with experience in the discovery and delineation of Mineral Deposits covering the commodities of copper, nickel, gold and silver throughout Australia and Canada.

Steve has a background of 14 years as a technical geologist at both WMC and then Senior and management roles as a geologist in the smaller organisations of Croesus Mining and Ballarat Goldfields.  Steve was the founding Managing Director of Rex Minerals Ltd and responsible for the discovery of the Hillside copper-gold deposit in South Australia.  As Managing Director at Rex, Steve completed the acquisition of many projects around Australia, founded White Rock Minerals Ltd, with gold and silver Resources in NSW (a de-merged asset from Rex Minerals in 2010) and raised over A$180 million in capital.

Steve is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Graham Teale

Senior Consultant Geologist/Geometallurgist

BA (Hons) Geology; Member of AIG

Graham Teale joined the Rex team in May 2022. Graham is well known to the South Australian geological community and his 45 years’ experience in mineral exploration, mining and as a research geologist is unparalleled.

Graham has consulted to an extensive number of international and Australian-based mining companies which has seen him working in Indonesia, New Guinea, Fiji, Turkey, Sweden, USA, South Africa, Namibia, India and throughout Australia. Graham has previously worked on Rex’s Hillside Project, and he was actively involved from late 2009 to 2013. He is responsible for initially identifying it as a key IOCG deposit.

Graham is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, having recently received a Distinguished Services Award from AIG.

Cherie Leeden

Local Director - Hog Ranch Minerals Inc

B.Sc. (Hons); MAIG

Cherie Leeden is a proven Resources Executive with 20 years’ experience, including 10 years at public company board level. She has led businesses in senior positions at publicly traded companies as well as developed and built several successful resource focused start-ups. Cherie has experience at negotiating and executing win-win business transactions with a multitude of companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Cherie is also experienced in project generation, capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, and complex joint venture negotiations. She has extensive technical experience from exploration through to mine construction, across a range of commodities, and has managed projects and companies in the Americas, Africa, and Australasia while holding leadership positions with Battery Minerals, Rio Tinto, LionOre and Strike Resources.

Cherie is a member of the American Exploration and Mining Association, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Nevada Mineral Exploration Coalition, and the Geological Society of Nevada. She resides in Nevada, and is also a Director of Gold Bull Resources Corp.

James (Jim) Carver

Vice President of Exploration (Hog Ranch)

B.Sc (Geology) Eastern Washington University; SME Registered Member; Licensed Professional Geologist; member AIME, GSN, NMEC.

Jim has over 35 years’ experience conducting successful exploration, discovery and development of gold deposits internationally and in the US. Jim has already made a significant contribution to progressing an ongoing review and analysis of all of our exploration results and the original data sets and records. His experience and guidance will be instrumental in progressing and developing our exploration potential at Hog Ranch.

Jim’s most recent experience included his work with Marigold and SSR Mining as their Resource Manager (US) where his team significantly increased the reserve/resource while consistently replacing mined reserves over the more than 15 years he directed that work. Jim felt the chance to work with the Hog Ranch and Rex teams was an ideal opportunity to work on an outstanding property that has exciting possibilities.

 Jim’s prior engagements include Newmont in Nevada; Pegasus Gold’s Black Pine Project in Idaho; Pullalli in La Ligua, Chile; Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada; and Mount Todd in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Wojciech Ozga

Chief Advisor Operational and Technical

M. Sc. (Mining Eng.)

Wojciech Ozga is a Mining Engineer with 45 years of operational and project management experience. He has held a number of key positions over the last 20 years and in Australia these include his roles as Director of Operations, Ballarat Goldfields – Victoria; General Manager – Central Norseman Gold Corporation – Western Australia; Group Manager Mining Projects – WMC Australia; and Manager of WMC’s Olympic Dam Mine expansion – South Australia.

Wojciech has broad and varied international experience including, most recently, Chief Engineer, Indophil Resources – Philippines; and a range of senior management positions in Canada, Peru, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and China.

Charles McHugh

Chief Mining Engineer

B.Eng (Mining) (Hons), B.Sc., FAusIMM, MIEAust

Charles McHugh is a qualified Mining Engineer and Geologist with over 30 years in the resources industry. His experience includes operations, resource development and technology roles in commodities including copper, gold, iron ore, nickel and coal for WMC Resources Ltd and Rio Tinto.