Corporate

Board and
Management

Mr Dominic Duggan

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Mr Chris Hilbrands

Finance Director and Joint Company Secretary

Mr Diego Cillóniz

Non-Executive Director, Peru Based

Mr Cameron O'Brien

Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary

Mr Eugene Gotora

Chief Geologist, Zambia Based

Mr Dominic Duggan

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Dominic is a mining engineer and finance professional with over a decade of experience across iron ore, gold and base metals, in both underground and open-pit operations. He has held senior technical, operational and leadership roles, including at Rio Tinto, with experience spanning mine finance, complex project environments, and commercial engagement with First Nations partners across agreements, heritage and approvals. He holds degrees in Mining Engineering and Commerce (Finance) from the University of New South Wales and a statutory Western Australian Site Senior Executive (SSE) qualification.

Mr Hugh Warner

Executive Chairman

Hugh Warner is a corporate professional with over 30 years of public company experience across the ASX, LSE, AIM and NASDAQ. As Chairman of Prospect Resources Limited, he led the acquisition, exploration and development of the Arcadia lithium project in Zimbabwe, establishing it as one of Africa’s largest lithium deposits with proven and probable reserves of 42.3Mt at 1.19% Li₂O. Following his tenure, the project was sold and has since become the largest operating lithium mine in Africa.

Mr Chris Hilbrands

Finance Director and Joint Company Secretary

Chris Hilbrands is a Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce and extensive experience as Chief Financial Officer for ASX- and AIM-listed, resources-focused companies, including Prospect Resources Limited. He was a key member of the team that acquired, explored and developed the Arcadia lithium project in Zimbabwe into one of Africa’s largest lithium deposits, with proven and probable reserves of 42.3Mt at 1.19% Li₂O. Following his involvement, the project was sold and has since become the largest operating lithium mine in Africa.

Mr Diego Cillóniz

Non-Executive Director, Peru Based

Diego Cillóniz is a Peru-based corporate lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising foreign investors across mining and oil & gas. He brings expertise in mining law, regulatory approvals, employment and community relations, supporting strong in-country governance and legal capability. He has held roles at leading Peruvian law firms and within a multinational mining company, and is co-founder of Cillóniz & Valencia Abogados.

Mr Cameron O'Brien

Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary

Cameron is a Chartered Accountant specialising in corporate advisory, company secretarial and financial management services. He has experience across the natural resources and industrial sectors, including roles in external audit and corporate finance at a leading international Audit, Tax & Advisory firm, where he focused on due diligence, valuations, expert reports and ASX listings.

Mr Eugene Gotora

Chief Geologist, Zambia Based

Eugene Gotora is a geologist and JORC Competent Person with over 12 years’ experience across copper, gold and lithium in Senegal, Zambia, DRC and Zimbabwe. He brings strong field expertise in relevant geological settings and is responsible for on-ground technical execution of the exploration program.

Mr Miguel Montalván Aráoz

Exploration Manager

Miguel Montalván Aráoz is a Senior Geological Engineer with an MBA in Mining Management and over 20 years of experience leading large-scale mining projects and exploration campaigns. He specializes in resource and reserve delineation, strategic budget execution, and the technical interpretation of diverse metallic deposits, including epithermal, porphyry, skarn, VMS, and IOCG systems.

 

Throughout his career, he has demonstrated leadership by supervising multidisciplinary teams and consistently exceeding resource replenishment objectives through the application of advanced 3D geological modeling and geostatistical tools. He is a registered member of the Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú, the Sociedad Geológica del Perú, and the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), with extensive expertise in international reporting standards such as NI 43-101 and JORC.

Mr David Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

Mr Johnson is an Australian, US based Chief Operating Officer.
Mr Johnson brings more than 30 years’ experience across a wide range of deposit types including leading teams that resulted in successful exploration programs for IGO Limited, WMC and Rio Tinto. Mr Johnson is a proven mineral resource discoverer with significant experience in analysis and interpretation of geoscientific datasets to identify new exploration opportunities.

Dr Oliver Kreuzer

Technical Director

Dr Kreuzer is a Geoscientist with more than 20 years’ experience as a company director and a world recognised project generator and explorer, having been involved in the generation and exploration of significant energy, battery metals, precious and base metals exploration projects across the globe. More recently, Dr Kreuzer has been involved in generating, evaluating and exploring hard rock lithium projects in western and mid western USA including the Black Hills in South Dakota.