KING ISLAND SCHEELITE - Key Persons


Charles "Chas" Murcott

Job Titles:
  • Mining Engineer
  • General Manager of Project Development and Operations
Charles "Chas" Murcott is a Mining Engineer with over 25 years' experience working within Australia and abroad, with a significant portion of his career in Tasmania. Prior to joining G6M, Chas was the Mining Manager at Kingrose Mining Limited (ASX: KRM) Way Linggo Project in Indonesia. His previous experience in Tasmania includes Operations Manager with Venture Minerals Limited (ASX: VMS) as Operations Manager of the Riley DSO Project and Mining Manager/Alternate General Manager at BCD Resources Tasmania Mine at Beaconsfield. Mr Murcott has a Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Hons) from University of Queensland, holds a 1st Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency and holds a Diploma of Business - Frontline Management.

Chris Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Chris has over 35 years' experience in the exploration and mining industry in Australia and overseas. He was a founding member and Executive Director of coal mining company Excel Coal Limited, which became Australia's largest independent coal mining company before being acquired by Peabody Energy Inc. in October 2006. Chris commenced his career in the UK coal industry, followed by positions within Shell's exploration group in Southern Africa and CRAE in Western Australia. He has also held senior positions for BP Coal (London and USA), Agipcoal Australia and for the Stratford Joint Venture. Chris has core skills in geology, mining engineering and minerals processing, mainly in the coal industry with some experience in tungsten, gold, base metals and diamonds. He has had overall responsibility for the design and engineering of four new mines during his career with Excel. Chris is a Non-Executive Director of Ausquest Limited (ASX: AQD).

Greg Hancock

Job Titles:
  • Independent Non - Executive Director
Greg has over 25 years' experience in capital markets, practicing in the area of Corporate Finance. He has extensive experience in both Australia and the United Kingdom through his close links to the stockbroking and investment banking community. His career specialised in mining and natural resources with a background in the finance and management of listed companies. Greg is Chairman of Ausquest Ltd (ASX: AQD); BMG Resources Ltd (ASX: BMG); Cobra Resources plc (LON: COBR) and Non- Executive Director of Golden State Mining Ltd (ASX: GSM). He continues his close association with the capital markets in Australia and the United Kingdom, through his private company Hancock Corporate Investments Pty Ltd.

Johann Jacobs - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Chairman
Johann has over 40 years' experience in the resources industry in Australia, South Africa and Indonesia. He was until July 2020 a Non-executive Director of ASX listed Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd, and is a Director of a number of private resource focused companies.

Keith McKnight - CEO, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Managing Director
Keith has over 22 years of mining and resources project delivery and company management experience in Australia and overseas in the areas of mechanical design, contract management, construction management, commissioning and operations management. He was previously Managing Director and co-founder of Kirrama Resources Limited, a commodities development company with chromite and manganese projects in Madagascar. Mr McKnight has extensive experience spanning a range of commodities and has a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Limerick.

Megan McPherson - CFO, Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Company Secretary
Megan is a Chartered Accountant with more than 18 years of commercial and public practice experience across multiple jurisdictions including ASX and NASDAQ listed companies. Having commenced her career with Macquarie Bank, currently Ms McPherson provides CFO/Company Secretary services as a consultant to several public and private companies in the mining industry.

Tim Dohrmann

Job Titles:
  • Media & Investor Relations