About Us
Directors & Management
Robert Boston
Chair
Robert is an experienced resources corporate executive having worked in legal, business development, strategy, marketing and commercial positions with BHP Billiton (Nickel West), Rio Tinto Exploration and Poseidon Nickel Limited. Robert holds a law degree having worked for national law firms Freehills and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Robert has multi commodity expertise in particular exploration, early stage resource development, M&A, joint ventures and marketing. Robert also holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance (FINSIA), and a Diploma of Management. Robert is admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia and High Court of Australia.
Oonagh Malone
Non-Executive Director
Oonagh is a principal of a corporate advisory firm which provides company secretarial and administrative services. As well as a number of previous ASX non-executive directorships, she has over 10 years' experience in administrative and company secretarial roles for listed companies. Ms Malone is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia. She currently acts as company secretary for ASX-listed companies Aston Minerals Limited, Benz Mining Corp, Caprice Resources Ltd, Carbine Resources Ltd, Hawkstone Mining Limited, RareX Ltd and Riversgold Ltd.
Phillip Galagher
Non-Executive Director
Phillip has had extensive experience in mineral exploration in West Africa having been the cofounder and managing director of ASX-listed Canyon Resources Ltd for 12 years and the Managing Director of African Gold Limited since August 2022. During Phillip’s tenure, Canyon Resources completed a successful IPO, undertook numerous gold exploration programs in Burkina Faso, and subsequently secured the world-class Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon. Mr Gallagher led and successfully finalised negations with the Government of Cameroon to secure the Minim Martap Bauxite Project for Canyon Resources.
Casper Adson
Chief Executive Director
Casper is an experienced mining executive who has a strong technical and operational background progressing development projects through study phases and in delivering production outcomes. He has over 20 years of experience across multiple commodities and complex processing plant environments including, titanium, mineral sands, synthetic rutile, vanadium, oil refining, gold and platinum group metals.
Mr Adson has recently held senior roles with Neometals Ltd, where he had responsibility for the Barrambie Titanium and Vanadium Project, and Iluka Resources Ltd, where he was responsible for the production of ilmenite, monazite, zircon in-concentrate and synthetic rutile. Mr Adson holds a Double Bachelor in Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. He is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE) and Engineers of Australia (CEng).
Richard Stockwell
Competent Person
Richard is a geologist with 29 years of experience in mineral sands, gold, and base metals exploration and mining, covering both underground and open-pit operations. A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), he holds an Honours Degree in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia and was a scholarship recipient with Renison Goldfields Limited (RGC) at the Wilson Gold Deposit.
With 25 years dedicated to mineral sands, Richard has extensive expertise in exploration, resource estimation, project development ,PFS, DFS, mining, and management roles. He is a Competent Person under the 2012 JORC Code for Mineral Sands, Ironsands, alluvial gold, and other detrital mineral accumulations.
Mathew O’Hara
Company Secretary
Mathew is a Chartered Accountant with extensive professional experience in capital markets, financing, financial accounting and governance and has been employed by, and acted as Director, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of several listed companies, predominantly in the resources sector. Mr O'Hara is currently a director of Benz Mining Corp (TSXV: BZ, ASX: BNZ), African Gold Limited (ASX: A1G), Carbine Resources Limited (ASX: CRB) and Huntsman Exploration (TSXV: HMAN). Prior to these roles, he spent more than a decade working as an associate director at an international accounting firm in both the Corporate Finance/Advisory and Audit divisions, gaining significant experience with publicly listed clients across a diverse range of industries, including mining & metals, oil & gas, technology and infrastructure. He had a particular focus in audit, M&A, valuations, financial modelling, due diligence and financial reporting.