Directors

Wealth of Experience

Board of Directors

Colin McMillan

MANAGING DIRECTOR - CEO

Colin is a career geologist having worked at Newcrest for almost 30 years, including six years as Mineral Resource Manager at Gosowong in Indonesia. Colin led the team responsible for the discovery of the world class Telfer Deeps and Ridgeway deposits and has extensive experience with both epithermal and porphyry gold/copper deposits in Australia and Indonesia.

Colin has been involved with several mine start-ups including the initial Cadia Hill open pit operation and the underground mines at Ridgeway and Cadia East at the Cadia Valley Operations in NSW, Australia and the Toguraci underground mine at Gosowong in Indonesia. Most recently, Colin was involved as GM Geology with Nusantara Resources Ltd to bring the 2.3Moz Awak Mas gold project in Sulawesi, Indonesia, out of retirement and into construction. Colin is a Member of the AusIMM.

Patrick Highsmith

Non-Executive Director

Patrick has 30 years of international experience in the mining industry, including operational, exploration and business development roles with major companies such as Newmont Mining, BHP, Rio Tinto, and Fortescue Metals Group. He also has significant experience in the more entrepreneurial side of the business, co-founding several junior companies and acting as director or senior executive in several others.

His junior company pedigree includes Canadian listed companies such as: Lithium One, Copper One, Bellhaven Copper & Gold, Pure Energy Minerals, and FireFox Gold, for whom he is co-founder and chairman of the board.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geological Engineering and a Master of Science in Economic Geology (Geochemistry) from the Colorado School of Mines. He has specialized technical expertise in gold, copper, and lithium exploration. Gold exploration and mining has constituted a major portion of his career, including deep experience with orogenic, sediment hosted, porphyry, and epithermal gold deposits. He has also worked extensively in volcanogenic massive sulfide and porphyry copper deposits. Patrick is passionate about the integration of exploration technologies, particularly in targeting deep or blind mineral deposits.

Patrick has also led numerous transactions in the mining sector including alliances, joint ventures, investments, off-take agreements, capital market financing and corporate sales and mergers. He has evaluated and worked on several hundred projects in 30 countries across a broad range of commodities. He is originally from South Carolina and currently resides in Denver, Colorado in the United States.

Raymond Raad

Non-Executive Director

More than 40 years' experience in Australia working in advisory, investment and financial services roles including venture capital, private equity and start-ups.

In-depth experience in structured finance and acquisitions, including more than 20 years as Advisor to Trellini Capital.

More than 40 years as Company Director, Raadcorp, specialising in structured investments and resource imports.

Extensive experience in resources advisory roles including his current appointment as Advisor – Greentech Minerals (Queensland minerals exploration company) and former Advisor to Golden Globe Resources before joining the Board as Non-Executive Director in January 2025.

Current Non-Executive Director – Ascalon (UK).

Qualifications – Member of the Institute of Affiliated Accountants