Board and Senior Management
Board
Seamus Cornelius - Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed on 8 February 2013
Mr Cornelius is an experienced international corporate lawyer and public company board member. He was based in Shanghai and Beijing from 1993 until 2017 and from 2000 to 2010 was a partner with a large international law firm. He specialized in dealing with cross border investment, particularly in the energy and resource sector. He also advised international banks on their business in China and China SOE's on outbound investment. Since 2010 he has served a public listed company Director and is also currently Executive Chairman of Danakali Limited, Non-Executive Chairman of Buxton Resources Limited and Non-Executive Director of South Hartz Potash Limited.
Stuart Fogarty - Managing Director
Appointed on 21 October 2013
Mr Fogarty has over 30 years of exploration experience with BHP Billiton, Western Mining Corporation and several junior companies. In his last role with BHP, he was the Senior Exploration Manager for North and South America. Mr Fogarty has a very strong background in nickel exploration, having commenced his career at Kambalda Nickel in 1994 before moving to Central Norseman Gold Mines in 1999. He has held senior roles with BHP including Senior Geoscientist for nickel exploration in the Leinster and Mt Keith region, Project Manager WA Nickel Brownfields and Regional Manager Australia – Asia where he was responsible for a $100 million per annum exploration budget.
Mr Fogarty is also currently a Non-Executive Director of Buxton Resources Ltd (since 15 March 2017).
Heath Hellewell - Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 18 November 2014
Mr Hellewell is an exploration geologist with over 30 years of technical and management experience in gold, base metals and diamond exploration predominantly in Australia and West Africa.
Mr Hellewell was part of the Independence Group NL (now IGO Limited) team joining the company in 2000 prior to it's IPO on the ASX. The team identified and acquired the Tropicana project area, eventually leading to the discovery of the Tropicana and Havana gold deposits.
Mr Hellewell was co-founding Executive Director of Doray Minerals Limited, where he was responsible for the Company's exploration activities. Following the discovery of the Andy Well gold deposits in 2010, Doray was named “Gold Explorer of the Year” in 2011 by The Gold Mining Journal and in 2014 Heath was the co-winner of the prestigious “Prospector of the Year” award, presented by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.
Mr Hellewell played a key role in the private acquisition of the Karlawinda Gold Project and subsequent successful RTO listing of Capricorn Metals Ltd on the ASX in 2016, where he served as Executive Chairman until 2018.
Mr Hellewell is currently a Non-Executive Director at Core Lithium Ltd since 2014 and at Latitude 66 Limited since 2021.
Senior Management
Kirsty Culver – Exploration Manager
BSc Hons Applied Geology
Ms Culver is a geologist with 16 years experience in the mining and exploration industries including senior positions at Jubilee Mines NL and Anglo American Exploration Pty Ltd. Her experience covers a broad range of commodities and styles, including being a part of the team that discovered the Alec Mairs, Prospero and Tapinos nickel sulphide deposits at the Cosmos Camp. Ms Culver brings with her a diverse range of skills including regional exploration, target generation, resource drill outs and project reviews.