BENZ MINING CORP - Key Persons


Evan Cranston - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Chairman
B. Comm, LLB from University of Western Australia, former corporate lawyer with over 15 years experience with the mining industry.

Mark Lynch-Staunton - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Management Team

Mathew O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Director

Nick Jolly

Job Titles:
  • Director
20 years' industry experience as a geologist in technical and leadership roles in the Australian mining industry and overseas. Five years of operation-focused management roles with Northern Star Resources Limited prior to commencement with Spartan Resources Limited.

Nick Tintor

Job Titles:
  • Director
BSc. in Geology from the University of Toronto with over 30 years of professional experience in the Canadian mining industry. Over 20 years of experience in all aspects of junior mining company management, from project generation to finance and execution. Brings deep global relationships in the Canadian resources investment banking sector.

Peter Williams

Job Titles:
  • Director
Peter was the first Manager of WMC Geoscience technology before he became a founding member of Independence Group Limited, in 2000, which is now $12bn+. He was a founding director of Ampella Mining Ltd (3.2 m oz Batie Gold Project and 5.3 m oz Doropo Deposit), a vendor of Gryphon Minerals' Banfora Gold Project (includes the 3.2 m oz Wahignion deposit ) and involved in the project generation for Papillion's Mali projects (include the 10 m oz Fekola and satellite Gold deposit) and Boss Resources (mkt Cap $1b). Peter was also involved in the generation of the Diedevi Gold Project (0.8-1.9 m Ozs Exploration Target) and a seed investor in Bellevue Gold (3.1 M ozs Resource). Peter co-founded the International Resource Sector Intelligence company, Intierra which has been developed into the S&P Capital IQ Pro platform , co-founded the first hard rock mineral seismic company in the world, HiSeis; the Gold geochemistry disruptor company, Portable PPB, and the geophysical technology company, RoqSense. Peter is a non-executive Director of Alderan Resources (ASX:AL8), African Gold (ASX:A1G) Benz Mining (ASX:BNZ) and ElementalAltus Royalties (TSX-V:ELE).

Simon Sharp - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of the Management Team
Simon Sharp was appointed CFO of Benz Mining in October 2021 and has over 25 years' experience in senior roles providing financial reporting and advisory services to clients in both public practice and industry settings in both Canada and Australia. He has demonstrated ability in successfully managing key aspects of finance, accounting and administration, including financial reporting and compliance, budgeting and treasury. Mr. Sharp is a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and also Australia and is a graduate of the University of the West of England in the United Kingdom.