Corporate
Directors & Management
Simon Taylor is a resources industry executive with over 30 years’ experience in geology, finance and corporate management at CEO and Board levels. His direct operational and capital markets experience spans a wide range of commodities and jurisdictions including Africa, Australia, South and North America, Europe and China. In addition to his experience as a resource professional, he has advised companies at the corporate level on capital management, acquisitions, promotions and strategies to add shareholder value.
Most recently, Simon was Managing Director of Oklo Resources Limited when it was acquired by B2Gold Corp in September 2022 and was a Non-Executive Director of Chesser Resources prior to takeover by Fortuna Mining Corp in September 2023.
Simon is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and a graduate of Sydney University.
+30 years in mining, experienced listed-company Chair and wealth of leadership experience in the resources industry. Mr Connelly has an outstanding track record of shareholder value growth and realisation, particularly over the last decade. He has direct operational and capital markets experience in various jurisdictions, including Australia, North America, South America, Africa, and Europe.
Mr. Boyd is a geophysicist with over 25 years of exploration and mining experience, including General Manager Geoscience with ASX Companies Oklo Resources and Papillon Resources, which were acquired by B2Gold in 2022 and 2014 for ~A$90M and ~$A520M respectively, and Mantra Resources, acquired by ARMZ in 2011 for ~A$1 billion.
Simon O’Loughlin is the founder of O’Loughlins Lawyers, an Adelaide based, specialist commercial law firm. He has extensive experience in the corporate and commercial law fields while practising in Sydney and Adelaide, and also holds accounting qualifications.
Mr O’Loughlin has extensive experience and involvement with companies in the small industrial and resources sectors. He has also been involved in the listing and backdoor listing of numerous companies on the ASX. He is a former Chairman of the Taxation Institute of Australia (SA Division) and Save the Children Fund (SA Division). He has extensive knowledge of and experience in the equity capital markets and the ASX and ASIC rules and regulations. He has held many non-executive directorships on ASX listed companies over the last 20 years.
Mr O’Loughlin is currently a director of; BOD Australia Ltd, Chesser Resources Ltd and Petratherm Ltd.
Mr Smith has participated in the development of several mining and mineral processing projects, including coal, iron ore, base, and precious metals. He has also managed engineering and construction companies both in Australia and internationally. Mr Smith has served on the Board of private and listed mining and exploration companies and has over 35 years’ international experience in the engineering and construction of mineral processing operations.
Mr Smith is currently Executive Director of Hong Kong listed company Dragon Mining Limited (Stock Code: 1712) and Non-Executive Director of London Stock Exchange listed First Tin Plc (LSE:1SN).
He is Executive Director of Metals X Limited (ASX:MLX), Non-Executive Chairman of MGX Resources Limited (ASX: MGX), and Non-Executive Director of Tanami Gold NL (ASX: TAM), Nico Resources Limited (ASX: NC1) and Elementos Limited (ASX: ELT).
Ms Martino has over 15 years’ experience providing company secretarial, financial and corporate advisory services to a number of ASX listed entities. Her extensive experience includes assisting with corporate compliance and capital raisings, as well as previous employment at a major accounting firm in Perth, London and Sydney where she provided corporate advisory services and performed due diligence reviews. Previous roles included working successfully with current members of the Stellar Board at Oklo Resources Limited through to completion of its acquisition by B2Gold Corp in September 2022. Louisa has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA).
Andrew Doe is a Mining Engineer with 30 years of operational, technical, contracting and consulting experience including in Tasmania. Andrew is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
Ben Pearson is a Qualified Environmental Scientist with over 25 years experience in environmental management, project permitting, approvals and sustainability.