Personnel
| Brett Fraser FCPA ASIA B.Bus (Non-Executive Chairman) Brett Fraser has been working in the Investment Banking and Finance industries for 20 years. This has involved serving as a director on public and private companies across a range of industries. Having financed and/or managed property projects, corporate takeovers, initial public offerings and corporate turnarounds, successfully raising capital for these entities both domestically and internationally, Mr. Fraser now assists companies with strategy and growth. He is an active investor in a number of projects and industries. |
| Bob Beeson BSc Hons, PhD (Managing Director) A professional geologist, Dr Beeson has over 30 years of global experience in base and precious minerals exploration. He has held senior management roles in exploration and business development with large and small companies. These include Billiton, Acacia Resources, North Limited and New Hampton Goldfields. He has particular experience in leading exploration teams, and in project identification, valuation and acquisition. Of particular importance to his position in Drake Resources are his experience in exploring for porphyry and epithermal deposits in the Andes, Europe, the Middle East and Indonesia, in stratabound zinc-silver deposits in Australia, South Africa and Scandinavia, and in gold exploration the Eastern Goldfields and similar regions overseas. Dr Beeson is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and other professional geoscience associations. |
| Jay Stephenson MBA CMA MAICD (Non-executive Director/Company Secretary) Jay Stephenson is a qualified accountant and has been involved in manufacturing and business development for 16 years. For the past 10 years he has served either as Chief Financial Officer, Director or Company Secretary for various listed and unlisted entities in manufacturing, wine, hotels and property. He has been involved in business acquisitions, mergers, initial public offerings, capital raisings, business restructurings as well as managing all areas of corporate finance. |
| Chris Blain BSc Hons, DIC, MSc, PhD, FAusIMM (Technical Advisor) Chris Blain has a strong background in economic geology and mineral exploration management. Early in his career he lectured in Mining geology and Mineral Exploration at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. There he contributed to its MSc programme. He has since spent more than 23 years with BHP Minerals as a senior technical advisor and manager of major exploration programs, mostly in Australia and the SW Pacific. Several of these resulted in significant new base and precious metal discoveries. In addition, Dr Blain has considerable international experience in the development of exploration strategy and exploration business opportunities globally. He now acts as a technical advisor and consultant in the exploration sector of the mineral industry. |