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The Board and Management
Chairman |
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Andrew Brown
BA Econ (Hons)
Andrew Brown has an honours degree majoring in economics and econometrics from the University of Manchester, England. He has 29 years’ experience in the Australian equity market as a stockbroker, corporate investor, company director and funds manager including working in London and New York. His particular expertise is in the analysis of financial services companies.
In 1987, Mr Brown joined Natcorp Holdings Limited as Investment Manager, responsible for provision of detailed analysis pertaining to potential listed company acquisitions and investments.
From late 1988 until April 1994, Mr Brown returned to stockbroking with Baring Securities (Australia) Limited, later joining County NatWest Securities Australia Limited and ANZ McCaughan Securities. During this period, Andrew was a highly rated banking and insurance analyst, as well as, latterly focusing on smaller company research.
In 1994 he joined AMP Investments Australia’s Separately Managed Portfolio team, helping to manage over $2 billion of Australian equity investments.
In September 1997, he joined Rothschild Australia Asset Management Limited as Head of Equities and was responsible for a $5bn domestic portfolio. He helped engineer significant equity process and cultural change, resulting in a major improvement in investment performance until the middle of 2002.
Mr Brown is currently the largest shareholder and Managing Director of Tidewater Investments Limited (“Tidewater”), an ASX listed investment company specialising in “microcaps” and financial services, and which also manages funds for outside parties.
He is executive Director of the Cheviot Kirribilly Vineyard Property Group, chairman of Equities and Freeholds Limited and is a non-executive Director of Cheviot Bridge Limited and Fat Prophets Australia Fund Limited.
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Managing Director
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Christopher G Drown
BSc (Hons), MAusIMM, MAICD 
Chris Drown is a geologist with over 20 years experience in the Australian exploration and mining industry. He is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a member of the Geological Society of Australia.
A graduate of the University of Tasmania, Mr Drown worked in underground nickel mines at Western Mining Corporation Limited’s Kambalda operations in Western Australia, and filled mining geology roles at Aberfoyle Resources Limited’s Hellyer lead-zinc-silver deposit in western Tasmania.
In 1991, he moved from mine geology into exploration searching for base metal and gold deposits in the Northern Territory and South Australia.
Mr Drown was appointed exploration manager of Adelaide Resources shortly after it listed on the ASX and has since played a major role in the company’s activities. In March 2005 he accepted an invitation to join the Board of Adelaide Resources as an Executive Director and in November 2007 became Managing Director.
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Non-executive Director |
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John P Horan
FCPA, FCIS
John Horan is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries in Australia, a Member of the Finance and Treasury Association Limited and a Member of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association. He has many years experience in the financial, corporate, technical and management areas of the mining industry.
Mr Horan has been a director of a number of listed mining and exploration companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange, and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in Canada.
Mr Horan was the finance director of Homestake Gold of Australia Limited, now Barrick Gold Corporation, one of Australia’s largest gold producers, from 1987 until June 1993. He first joined Homestake in 1978 and was responsible for financial, commercial and corporate management functions prior to 1987 when he played a substantial role in the float of the Australian subsidiary. He also fulfilled key responsibilities in subsequent very large debt and equity capital raisings.
From the early 1960s until the second half of the 1970s he held various financial, accounting, corporate administrative and management positions in Poseidon Limited and CRA Limited, following initial technical experience in CRA’s mining operations at Broken Hill. |
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John den Dryver
BE (Mining), MSc, FAusIMM
John den Dryver is a mining engineer with some 30 years experience in operational and corporate management as well as extensive experience in mining project studies and implementation.
In 1982, Mr den Dryver joined the junior explorer North Flinders Mines Limited as the company’s mining engineer to become part of the small team that discovered the Granites gold mine in the Tanami Desert in the Northern Territory. He was executive director of North Flinders from 1988 to 1997.
In 1997, after Normandy Mining Limited gained control of North Flinders, Mr den Dryver joined Normandy as executive general manager – technical, leading a team of specialist geologists, mining engineers and metallurgists.
In 2003 he set up his own mining consultancy business and is currently a non-executive director of Helix Resources Limited. |
Non-executive Director |
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Michael I Hatcher
BSc (Hons), MAusIMM
Mike Hatcher has a geology degree from the University of Adelaide and has over 40 years experience in the resources industry during which time he has held a range of senior technical and managerial positions.
Mr Hatcher’s career includes 16 years with the Newmont/Normandy Mining/North Flinders Mines corporate group. During this period he held positions including director geology –Ghana, and was chief geologist for Normandy/Newmont’s many Australian mines (including Golden Grove, Tanami, Jundee and Pajingo) as well as its New Zealand (Waihi), Turkey (Ovacik) and USA (Midas) operations. His role included acting as the group’s Competent Person responsible for the quality of mineral resource estimates.
Mr Hatcher’s exploration roles include exploration manager for Greenbushes Mines; exploration manager and director of Driffield Mining, a consortium of private exploration companies active in the Northern Territory; and exploration supervising geologist with North Flinders Mines where he was responsible for that company’s non-Tanami exploration projects. Mr Hatcher has extensive experience in the near mine exploration programs conducted at the many operations he has been involved with.
His experience is well suited to Peninsula Resources with a career that includes searching for and exploiting gold, copper and uranium, in both South Australia and Queensland.
Mr Hatcher is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and is currently also a non-executive director of ASX listed Outback Metals Limited. |
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary |
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Nicholas J Harding
BA (Acc), Grad Dip (Acc), Grad Dip (Applied Finance), Grad Dip (Corp Governance), FCPA, F Fin, ACIS
Nick Harding is a qualified accountant and company secretary with over 25 years experience in the resources industry. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and an Associate of the Chartered Secretaries of Australia and possesses qualifications in accounting, finance and corporate governance.
Mr Harding has held various senior roles with WMC Resources Limited, Normandy Mining Limited and Newmont Australia Limited. At WMC Resources Limited over a period of 14 years to 1999 he held a number of senior management roles at both minesites and regional offices in Western Australia and South Australia including 5 years as Chief Finance Manager for Olympic Dam Operations, and 4 years as Chief Accountant and Business Planning Manager for the Copper Uranium Division.
In 8 years from 1999 to 2006 at Normandy Mining and then Newmont Australia following the takeover by Newmont of Normandy, Mr Harding held the positions of General Manager Operations Finance and General Manager Planning and Analysis which respectively had responsibilities for accounting, finance and budgeting for up to 14 mining operations in Australia and overseas.
Over recent years, Mr Harding has established his own consulting business providing accounting, financial and company secretarial support to a number of junior exploration companies. He currently is chief financial officer of Phoenix Copper Limited and chief financial officer /company secretary of both Adelaide Resources Limited and Southern Gold Limited while additionally providing financial services support to a number of other ASX listed entities. |
Exploration Manager |
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Barbara Anderson
BSc (Hons), MAusIMM
Barbara Anderson is an exploration geologist with extensive experience in the Australasian resources industry. She graduated from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and has searched for a large range of mineral commodities including gold, diamonds, copper, lead, zinc and silver.
Ms Anderson has gained considerable exploration experience in a diverse number of geological environments, having explored for minerals in South Australia, the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Prior to jointing Adelaide Resources as Exploration Manager, Ms Anderson held exploration positions and consultancies with companies including Freeport McMoRan Limited, Normandy Mining Group, Mount Isa Mines, the Flinders Diamonds/Maximus Group, Minotaur Resources Limited, and with Gold Fields Australasia Pty Ltd. |
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