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The Board
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Standing left to right: John den Dryver, Chris Drown. Seated left to right: Keith Yates and John Horan. Andrew Brown not shown.
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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 and Company Secretary |
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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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Keith R Yates BSc (Hons), FAusIMM
Keith Yates is a geologist with over 40 years experience in mineral exploration and mine development for a range of metals throughout Australia and in the Pacific and South-East Asia. He has lived in South Australia for over 30 years during which time he has accumulated a substantial knowledge of the geology and mineral potential of the Gawler Craton.
As a founding director of Adelaide Resources Limited, Mr Yates was the executive chairman from its public listing in 1996 until his retirement in 2007.
During his career he has held board and exploration management positions with a number of Australian mining companies and as senior geologist with an international mining group. In the 1980s he held senior positions with the Poseidon Limited group of companies including executive director of Australian Development Limited and director of Kalgoorlie Lake View Pty Ltd. In this period he was closely associated with the discovery of the rich White Devil gold mine at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.
Mr Yates is chairman of the South Australian Resources Industry Development Board, a member of the South Australian Mining & Petroleum Experts Group, a member of the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council and a past chairman of the Adelaide Branch of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. |
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