FOSSIL CREEK MINES - Key Persons
Tony is a former investment banker with nearly 30 years experience in the industry. Tony established and managed Macquarie Bank's Global Natural Resources business. Under Tony's leadership this resources business established operations across Australia, in London, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Houston and acquired a major mining-focused securities dealer in Canada. Tony held several other senior roles at Macquarie including Head of Telcos Media and Technology and Head of Asian Investment Banking. Tony was also Head of Rothschild Investment Bank in Australia. Both Macquarie and Rothschild were pioneers in establishing the gold lending business in Australia in the 1980s and 90s. Before his banking career, Tony worked as an engineer with Rio Tinto. Tony holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and BSc from the University of Sydney and an MBA from IMD in Switzerland.
Greg has over 40 years experience as an exploration geologist and senior manager. From 1988-2005, Greg was employed by Placer Dome and served as Placer's Chief Geologist worldwide from 2000 until 2005 (when Placer was bought by Barrick for over $10 billion). Greg led and managed gold exploration activities globally for the Placer Group. Over his career, Greg led exploration operations which discovered many of Australia-Pacific's major mines including PNG's Porgera (one of the world's top ten producing gold mines), Granny Smith (a Western Australian mine which has produced over 7 million ounces of gold) and Rio Tinto's Yandi iron ore mine. Mr Hall holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of New South Wales.
Jake has been involved with the project for the past 10 years and is responsible for the day to day operations including MSHA training and permitting compliance.
Mark has 50 years investment banking experience, having been the founding Managing Director of Hill Samuel Australia which grew into Macquarie Bank, a global investment bank employing more than 14,000 staff in 25 countries and the world's largest infrastructure asset manager. Mark retired as Deputy Chairman of Macquarie Bank in 2007 and divides his time between work in the private and public sectors. Mark led an Australian government enquiry into the potential of Australia as a global financial centre. Mark has been a director and Chairman of a number of public companies, including Macquarie Group, AGL Energy, Pioneer International, GPG Plc, Santos, the Sydney Futures Exchange and the Westfield Group. He is currently Chairman of Alinta Energy and a senior adviser at Gresham Partners. Mark holds a law degree from Melbourne University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Paul has been with the company since 2017 and is responsible for ensuring that all machinery and site services are maintained.
Stephen is experienced in identifying and securing successful business opportunities across a range of sectors. Since 1991 Stephen has been a director of several ASX listed companies including the Horizon Group, Afro-West, Alamain Investments, Marino as well as privately held controlling interests in manufacturing, software development and property concerns. Stephen has completed several corporate acquisition and restructuring transactions in Australia, South East Asia, Europe and North America.