Directors & Management

Terry Cuthbertson Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Cuthbertson holds a Bachelor of Business Degree and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

He is a former Partner of the Audit and Corporate Finance Divisions of KPMG Chartered Accountants and former NSW Partner in Charge of Mergers and Acquisitions, where he coordinated government privatisations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and public offerings on the Australian Stock Exchange for the New South Wales practice.

Mr. Cuthbertson is the former Group Finance Director of Tech Pacific Holdings Pty Limited, which in 1990 had a turnover of AU$2 billion and was a director for Tech Pacific Holdings Pty Limited’s business in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

Mr. Cuthbertson is Chairman of Montec International Limited, Chairman of Austpac Resources NL, Chairman of MyNetFone Limited and Chairman of Mint Wireless Limited.

Kenneth Lee Acting CEO and Company Secretary

Mr. Lee holds a Master of Business Administration degree and he is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.  He is a former Director of KMPG Corporate Finance, Sydney where he was involved in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions transaction management, conducted feasibility studies, financial modelling and preparation of business plans.  Mr. Lee is a former Company Secretary of Berren Limited, manager of International Wine Fund (formerly Australian Wine & Investment Fund), a listed fund with more than $200 million in management.  He was engaged by Tech Pacific Holdings Pty Limited, which had a turnover of AU$2 billion, to manage a leading computer distributor which it had acquired.

Richard Haren Non-Executive Director

Dr Haren has over twenty five years project management experience involving numerous industries including all facets of minerals/hydrocarbon exploration and mining/production.  Dr Haren has consulted to a variety of public and private companies in Australia, Asia, Africa, the C.I.S, North and South America involving exploration and mining.  Dr Haren was awarded a First Class Honours Degree and University Medal in Physics and a PhD in Exploration Geophysics from the University of New South Wales, his PhD focussed on the electromagnetic response of the Woodlawn & Elura base metals deposits in NSW.

Dr Haren has broad senior management experience in the corporate side of exploration and mining companies as well as the technical ability to define opportunities in the resources sector, he has assisted numerous companies to raise funds.

Dr Haren is a corporate member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Dr. Haomin Simon Ning Non-Executive Director

Dr. Ning is a young entrepreneur with international experience. He gained his management experience in hydro-power engineering (Zublin AG.), civil enginnering, electronic and semiconductor (SIEMENS) industries before he moved into management consulting industry (Balanced Scorecard Collaborative).

Whilst gaining his PhD. in Management and Marketing in the UK, he started his own business helping a number of Chinese companies penetrating into EU market. Dr. Ning is currently the Managing Director of an investment company and a construction group company based in China.

Byron Hidalgo Geologist

Mr. Hidalgo is a Geological expert residing in Quito, Ecuador. Byron has also been appointed as the General Manager for our subsidiary Fierroinca S.A. and oversees all facets of day to day management from procurement of infrastructure to extraction, processing and shipment. He has over 20 years’ experience in mining and the evaluation of mines and mineral deposits in Ecuador.