The Board
The Company’s Board has in depth corporate and operational mining experience with a proven track record of creating value, in particular in rehabilitating historic gold mines.
He has a number of years of experience in start-up businesses in the Philippines in various sectors. Since 2013, he has been founder of a consumer foodtech start-up that operates in the Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong. He has also been actively involved in the cocoa industry in the Philippines and is a founding director of a U.K. based super premium chocolate company.
Non-Executive Chairman Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996. He held directorial positions at Samuel Montagu & Co and SG Warburg Securities in London before moving to live in Jersey in 1995. He is currently a NED of Clean Tech Lithium PLC, and a number of offshore investment companies and investment funds. He has been a NED of various listed companies, mainly in the natural resources sector, since 2004 including Cardinal Resources PLC and East Siberbian PLC .
Jonathan Morley-KIrk
Non-Executive Chairman
Cedric Simonet
Non-Executive Director
Cédric holds a PhD in Geology and has 30 years’ experience exploring, developing and mining mineral deposits in Africa and in France. He was Head Geologist and Open Pit Manager at SOGEREM fluorspar mine in Alcan, France. As Africa Region Manager with IGE Resources AB (gold, vanadium, nickel and tantalite projects), Cédric was part of the team that started the Kilimapesa gold mine in Kenya. He is a co-founder of Akili Minerals Services, a Nairobi based exploration services company, and has been involved in a number of gold, gemstones and critical raw materials projects in Africa. He is also a former Chairman of the Kenya Chamber of Mines. Cédric is a member of the European Geologists Federation. He is qualified to act as a Competent Person (JORC) and as a Qualified Person (NI43-101) on a variety of commodities including gold.
Cédric is currently the CEO and a Director of Altona Rare Earths PLC (LON:REE).
The Management Team
The Management has both international and national experience that will greatly benefit the development of the Companies South Korean and Philippines projects
Stuart Kemp
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer Stuart is an MBA qualified Chartered Accountant with 30 years of experience working across various industry sectors in senior Financial, Operational and General Management roles. Stuart has worked for leading, innovative corporations in the UK, New Zealand and across SE Asia ensuring the delivery of effective, solution focused approaches to facilitate financial control and business growth.
Project Manager Graeme has over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry with expertise in geological modelling & evaluation, Resource & Reserve definition/modelling, mine design & scheduling and feasibility studies audits. He has worked across the globe, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has a degree in Mining & Petroleum Engineering from Strathclyde University.
Graeme Fulton
Project Manager
Sung Kwan (Daniel) Sun
Board of Directors of the South Korean subsidiary companies Daniel, a graduate of Sogang University, is an advisor to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KONTRA) Global Mergers & Acquisitions and specialises in foreign invested Korean companies. He assisted Doosan Group, a South Korean multinational, in its acquisition of Mitsui Babcock (UK), Labmeyer (Germany) and Isola (USA) and assisted in the management of offshore projects by Mirae Asset Real Estate Funds, Lotte Construction and Dongwon Group in the acquisition of Starkist. Daniel, who worked at Deloitte Anjin LLC from 2004 to 2014, is a partner at Wooin Accounting Firm and is a Certified Public Accountant.