Damian is a Consulting Engineer with extensive experience in the gold, copper, lead, zinc, uranium and iron ore industries with particular emphasis on gold. Experience has been gained in plant operations feasibility studies, detailed design, construction and commissioning, and all unit operations. He is an internationally recognised specialist in Mineral Processing having worked in north and South America, South East Asia, Africa and Europe. A wealth of hands-on operating experience as a Foreman, Plant Metallurgist, Plant Superintendent, Chief Metallurgist and Project Manager, which has provided a solid base to mix with engineering and construction management. The last 30 years working as a Consultant Metallurgist for mining, banking and engineering companies has provided a broad range of experience in many varied and some unusual situations. Damian’s industry based training courses (40) have been run on a regular basis, both in Australia and overseas, and are highly regarded and have been well attended. Damian is a Registered Expert Witness and has been engaged on many cases. Damian is the Principal Engineer and oversees a staff of over 40 Engineers. He has authored and presented over 100 technical papers. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor of Applied Science, Adelaide University Chartered Professional (CP) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Member, Mineral Industry Consultants Association (MICA) Member, American Institute of Mining, Metal and Petroleum Engineers (AIMMPE) Member, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIMM) Fellow, Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Member, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) Member, Western Australian Chinese Chamber of Commerce (WACCC) DAMIAN CONNELLY – DIRECTOR/ PRINCIPAL

Ian Lipton, Principal Geologist and Geometallurgy Practice Leader, has more than 30 years of experience in mining geology, resource evaluation, exploration, feasibility studies, technical audits and specialist reports. Ian completed the first publicly-reported estimate for a seafloor massive sulphide deposit (Solwara 1, Papua New Guinea) and has been a resource consultant for a number of seafloor projects, including polymetallic nodule projects in the northeast Pacific Ocean and sea floor sediments in the Black Sea. Ian has a B Sc Geological Sciences from the University of Birmingham, UK and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

32 year’s international experience across the entire value chain of the mining industry, including exploration, production, evaluation, corporate, consulting and leadership roles, for a comprehensive range of projects and commodities. Sonia’s current role is Mineral Resources Manager with PT Agincourt Resources at the Martabe Gold Mine (Indonesia) where she provides technical and business expertise as part of the management team to achieve business value growth for all stakeholders. Key responsibilities are team leadership for the resource development team, and collaboration with all mine site business units to enable timely progression of resources and reserves into development of new mine operations.

As a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, Sam has worked for several minerals industry consultancies and junior exploration companies in Western Australia. Under the supervision of Professors David Groves, Allan Trench, Michael Dentith and Pietro Guj, Sam’s PhD research aims to effectively translate the Mineral Systems Concept into a robust exploration targeting model. The intention of the project, defined as a significant research challenge by several authors, is to formulate an integrated mineral-systems exploration targeting model through application of existing exploration tools to define exploration maturity and map mineral distribution.