Managing Director | Jonathan Leslie
Mr Leslie is a highly experienced mining executive, with extensive operational and management knowledge of the global mining industry which includes experience in uranium marketing and project management.
He was on the Board of Rio Tinto PLC for 9 years and CEO of two of Rio Tinto's major product groups. He has broad experience of uranium marketing having spent four years responsible for Rio Tinto's worldwise uranium sales into the Far East and Asia. His involvement in uranium continued with his appointment as Managing Director of Rossing Uranium where he developed close relationships with with Namibian government and related agencies.
More recently Mr Leslie served as Executive Chairman for the major AIM listed mining company, Nikanor plc, formed to develop the world class KOV copper/cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to his role with Nikanor, Mr Leslie was CEO of Sappi Ltd, from 2003 to 2006.
Exploration | Martin Spivey
Mr Spivey graduated from Canterbury University with a Bachelor of Science and a Masters degree. He is a geologist with 23 years involvement in the resource industry in Australia and overseas and has been developing the Husab Project for over five years, together with other projects in Namibia. He is a corporate member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Projects | Andrew Penkethman
Mr Penkethman has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wollongong majoring in geology and geography. He has extensive mining industry and exploration experience having worked in Australia, Fiji and southern Africa on projects that have ranged from grass roots exploration through to resource definition, open pit and underground mining. Mr Penkethman is also a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists
Company Secretary | Siobhan Lancaster
Ms Lancaster has a Masters in Law and Legal Practice from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics from the University of Sydney. Siobhan commenced her career as a lawyer with Allens Arthur Robinson, working in Mergers and Acquisitions and prior to her role at Extract, Siobhan worked for an ASX listed uranium exploration company. She has also completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course
Finance | Peter Sydney-Smith
Mr Sydney-Smith has extensive experience in the mining and metals sector, emerging markets and Africa. He was previously Finance Director of several mining companies including Mwana Africa plc, Nikanor plc and Vedanta Resources plc. Mr Sydney-Smith was also Finance Director of BPB plc, the major international building materials group and of British Gypsum Ltd.
Mr Sydney-Smith is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and was educated at Cambridge University receiving a Master of Arts degree in economics.
Business and Corporate Relations | Richard Henning
Mr Henning holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from Queens University, Belfast. He worked as a geologist in oil & gas exploration in Australia, the UK North Sea and Canada and has worked extensively in the Australian venture capital industry, responsible for capital raising, evaluating investment proposals and the investment management of a range of technology companies. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Namibia | Sadike Nepela
Mr Nepela has studied policy & economics at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and sustainable development at the University of Connecticut, West Hartford, USA. For a number of years he has served as an assistant to the Minister in the Namibian Ministry of Mines & Energy and has been General Manager for Westport Resources, a subsidiary of Forsys Metals Corp. He is also a Fellow of the Int'l Centre for Research & Training in Major Projects Management, Montreal, Canada
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