Dr Bradford Lawrence
Farrell - Non Executive Chairman. B.Sc.
(Hons Econ Geol), M.Sc., Ph.D. FAIMM, MMICA,
CPGeol, MIMM, C. Eng, MPESA
Dr Brad Farrell is a
graduate of the University of Adelaide where he obtained a Bachelor of
Science, Honours Economic Geology. Subsequently post graduate
qualifications of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were
obtained at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow
of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a member of
Petroleum Society of Australia, a Member of the Mineral Industry
Consultants Association, a Member of the Institution of Mining and
Metallurgy, a Chartered Professional Geologist, and a Member of the
Association of Exploration Geochemists. He has had thirty six years
experience in resource exploration and senior project management and
evaluation
Matthew
Arthur Battrick - Executive
Director and Managing Director. B.Sc.
(Geol), MPESA, MPES GB, MAAPG, GAIDC.
Mr
Matthew Battrick was appointed to the Board on 15 January 2008 as
Managing Director. He
obtained a Bachelor degree in Geology from the Royal Melbourne
University of Technology (RMIT) in 1981.
He has had a long, international career with both major and large
independent oil and gas companies (LASMO, Ampolex, ExxonMobil, Eni)
before joining ASX-listed Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL in 2004 as
Exploration Manager, then General Manager.
He is a Member of the Petroleum Exploration Societies of
Australia and
Great Britain, and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors (AICD) and a graduate of their Company Directors Course (CDC).
He has been a director since 2001 of the Activ Foundation (Inc.), a
Western Australian-based, non-government organisation for people with
intellectual disabilities.
Mr
Battrick holds 1,000,000 unlisted options in the Company.
Allan Peter Woods
- Executive
Director and Company Secretary. FCPA,
FTIA, MAICD.
Mr Peter Woods is a
shareholder and founding Managing Director of ASPL Pty Ltd which
commenced operations in May 1984. ASPL Pty Ltd provides corporate and
management services to exploration, mining and technology companies in
Australia and overseas. He is a registered Public Accountant, a Fellow
of the Taxation Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Certified
Practising Accountants, a Corporate Member of the Association of Mining
and Exploration Companies (Inc) and he has thirty four years experience
in corporate accounting and financial management areas. He has had
extensive experience in the provision of management, financial and
taxation advice to clients, including several public companies. In
recent years, he has developed a close involvement with oil, gas, gold
exploration and mining companies. This work has included professional
advice in respect to equity capital raisings, corporate reconstructions,
mergers, acquisition, developing extensive gold hedging programs and
financing packages in relation to a number of public companies.
Dr Phillip Linsley
- Non Executive Director. B.Sc.
(Hons Geol) (London), Ph.D. (London), MBA
(Kingston).
Dr Linsley is a well known United
Kingdom based consultant who has had some twenty eight years experience
in oil exploration and production in many parts of the world (Australia,
South East Asia, Africa, America, Kazakhstan, Europe and the Middle
East) initially in employment with Texaco and Mesa and later as a
consultant to companies that include Occidental, Tricentrol, Ashland,
Ranger, Svenska and Chase Manhattan Bank. Dr Linsley is a Non Executive
Director whose primary role is to assist the Board in the acquisition of
oil production and to investigate exploration opportunities outside
Australia and Oceania.
Dr Wolf Martinick
- Non Executive Director. B.Sc,
Ph.D., MAIMM, EIA, ECA.
Dr Martinick is a highly
regarded environmental scientist in the resource industry. He is a
Corporate Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
the Environment Institute of Australia, the Urban Development Institute
of Australia and a past Vice President of the Association of Mining and
Exploration Companies (Inc). He is a director and shareholder of
Martinick Bosch Sell Pty Ltd, an environmental and water management
consultancy, and has over thirty three years experience in environmental
impact and management studies for a wide range of resource projects
throughout Australia. Dr Wolf Martinick has also been involved with
numerous Aboriginal heritage studies and is negotiating Land Access
Agreements on behalf of a number of mining companies, government
departments and Aboriginal Native Title Claimants. He is currently
Chairman of Ezenet Limited.
