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Glenn Goodacre, BA (Macquarie)
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Glenn Goodacre has a background as an investor in resources and private equities having commenced investing in resources in the late 1960s and working in the industry in the 1980s. His experience encompasses the pre-float stages of mineral explorers through to management roles in established mining and exploration companies in Australia and the Pacific.
Glenn combined his involvement in the private equity industry since 1990 with investments in resources companies, both listed and unlisted. He brings broad business strategy and commercial experience to the Board of Eastern Iron and is currently a director of several unlisted businesses including Accord Capital Investors Pty Ltd and Swift Electroplaters (NSW) Pty Ltd. |
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Greg De Ross, Assoc Dip Geol (RMIT), BSc (Monash), MSc (UNSW), CP AusIMM
Chief Executive Officer
Greg De Ross is a geologist with over 30 years experience in corporate management, exploration and mining. His experience has included a variety of roles in areas covering exploration management, feasibility studies, resource development and mining in commodities such as base and precious metals, uranium, mineral sands, coal and iron ore. He has worked extensively in Central and South East Asia, Oceania and Australia.
Prior to joining Eastern Iron Greg was General Manager for a Chinese company seeking investment opportunities in the Australian and Chinese resources sector. Previous to this he spent 12 years with Highlands Pacific / Highlands Gold as General Manager Exploration where he had responsibility for exploration and pre-development work of projects including the Ramu Nickel, Frieda Copper and Kainantu Gold projects. Greg has extensive commercial experience covering joint venture negotiation and project acquisition. He is also currently a director of TSX listed Garrison International Ltd. |
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Peter Buckley, BSc, Hons (New England) MAIG
Executive Director - Technical
Peter Buckley has 16 years experience in minerals exploration, resource development, project generation, geoscience research and administration. His career includes gold, base and ferrous metal exploration in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, working with companies including Plutonic Resources, Lachlan Resources, Homestake Gold of Australia and PlatSearch NL.
Peter is a founding director of Eastern Iron and was the Managing Director through the IPO process and early years of operation. He has also worked in government geological research, regional geological mapping, geoscience data provision and management within the Geological Survey of New South Wales. He is the Exploration Manager of PlatSearch NL.
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Wendy Corbett, BSc, DipEd (Sydney), MAIG
Non-Executive Director
Wendy Corbett has 35 years experience in mineral exploration and administration. Since 1995 Wendy has specialised in the application of computer technology to tenement management, databases, mapping and GIS applications. She has developed and maintains database systems to manage the Company’s large quantity of technical data.
Wendy is a founding director of Eastern Iron and a member of the New South Wales Geological Advisory Committee that advises the Minister for Mineral Resources on matters relating to the Geological Survey of New South Wales. She is also a councillor of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
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Stephen Gemell, BE Mining (Hons), FAusImm (CP), MAIME, MMICA
Non-Executive Director
Stephen is a consulting mining engineer with more than 30 years experience in the mining industry, both in Australia and overseas. He has previously held senior operating roles including CEO positions, and executive and non-executive directorships in ASX-listed mining companies and unlisted mine operations or joint ventures. His experience has included a variety of roles in areas covering resource development, feasibility studies, mine planning and operations in a large range of commodities including base and previous metals and uranium.
Stephen is currently a non-executive director of Uranium Exploration Australia Limited (ASX: UXS). Other listed company directorships held during the past three years include: Allstate Explorations NL (until 2007), Central West Gold NL (Chairman, until 2006) and Cluff Resources Pacific NL (Chairman, until 2008).
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Greg Jones, BSc (Hons 1) (UTS), MAusIMM
Non Executive Director
Greg Jones is a geologist with 30 years of experience in the fields of mine geology, mine and regional exploration, project generation and resource development work. His career includes 14 years with WMC Ltd in Australia, Fiji and North America and 6 years with Sino Gold Ltd in China focused primarily on base metals, nickel and gold.
Greg is credited with several economic discoveries including the Blair nickel and the Orion gold deposits in WA. He is the Managing Director of Eastern Iron’s largest shareholder, PlatSearch NL and a director of Silver City Mining Ltd which specialises in the exploration of the Broken Hill region, NSW.
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Michelle Lilley, B Bus, (Western Sydney), CA
Company Secretary
Michelle Lilley is an experienced chartered accountant who holds a Bachelor in Accounting. Her experience has been gained over 15 years in financial and management accounting and includes Finance Manager for an ASX listed company in the bioscience industry and as a financial accountant for two ASX listed companies.
Michelle was appointed as Company Secretary of Eastern Iron Limited on 13 November 2007 and provides similar services to a number of ASX listed companies. |
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