Louis Chait
Chief Commercial Officer
Mr Chait is a highly experienced corporate executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the global resources industry, having worked across senior business development and finance positions at Xstrata, Guildford Coal and, most recently, Glencore Copper. He brings extensive commercial experience and skills in establishing successful, highly efficient operations in multiple jurisdictions. Mr Chait is a Member of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand.
Colin Mackey
Chief Operating Officer
A mining engineer by background, Mr Mackey is a well-known mining leader with international experience. He has worked with Goldfields, BHP and Theiss, before joining Rio Tinto in 2003, where he led the construction, development and operational improvement of multiple mining operations within the company’s portfolio. His most recent role was as Managing Director of Jadar and European Operations for Rio Tinto. Colin is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Jeff Sommers
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Sommers brings more than two decades of executive finance experience in the areas of finance and business strategy with extensive experience in people leadership, process and system transformation, capital and cashflow management, M&A and project finance. Mr Sommers has worked across various ASX-listed and international organisations including KPMG, AMP, Qantas, GenesisCare, Lion and Folium Capital where he served as CFO for the fund’s Australian agricultural investments. Mr Sommers holds a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is a Certified Public Accountant.
David Hwang
Company Secretary
David is a corporate lawyer, company secretary and advisor to Boards and management of pre-IPO and ASX listed entities. David regularly advises emerging and listed entities across a range of compliance, legal, governance and strategic matters. David is the Managing Director of Confidant Partners, which provides ASX compliance, company secretarial and Board advisory services. Prior to this, David was a senior executive at a leading integrated technology solutions and professional services provider, where he led Australia’s largest outsourced company secretarial and legal team.
Peter van Luyt
Chief Geologist
Mr van Luyt is a geologist with 30 years’ experience in mining, development and exploration geology. He commenced his career as a mine geologist working in gold mines. Since 2004 he has been a contract and consultant geologist specialising in the development of and exploration for base metals and gold projects in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Canada.
