Patrick Cheetham has a first class honours degree in Mining Geology from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London. He is also a former winner of the Cominco (Europe) prize for mining geology. Patrick co-founded Archaean Gold N.L. in 1993 with his wife, Karen. At the 1995 "Diggers and Dealers" mining forum in Western Australia, Archaean Gold N.L. was awarded "Best Junior Explorer of the Year", and in July 1996 it was the subject of a successful $50 million takeover bid by Lachlan Resources NL. Prior to founding Archaean Gold, Patrick was, from 1986 to 1993 joint managing director of Dragon Mining NL, during which time he was responsible for the formation of that company, the identification of and acquisition of its exploration projects, its listing on the Australian Stock Exchange and the subsequent development of its exploration projects. Patrick operated a private mineral exploration company, Sovereign Mining Limited, in the UK from 1983 to 1985 and prior to that worked for Western Mining Corporation in Western Australia, and for Imperial Metals Corporation in British Columbia, Canada. He is also Chairman of Sunrise Resources plc.
Mr Cheetham is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Mr McAlister is a founding director of the Company.
He is a Non-Executive Director of Kavango Resources plc and previously he was Finance Director of Mwana Africa plc, Ridge Mining plc and Reunion Mining. He also worked at Enterprise Oil plc, Texas Eastern N Sea Inc. and Cluff Oil Holdings plc. He has over 20 years’ experience in all financial aspects of resource industry, including metal hedging, tax planning and economic modelling.
Mr McAlister's experience also includes the economic evaluation of gold and base metal mines and the arranging of project finance for feasibility studies and mine developments.
He was also involved in the listing of Reunion Mining plc on the Luxembourg and London Stock Exchanges.
Mr McAlister is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Mike has some forty years’ experience in the mining industry. He spent his early career working underground as a geologist in South Africa and then completed his PhD assessing alternative methods of reserve estimation at the Renco Mine in Zimbabwe. He then joined SRK Consulting as a resource geologist in 1991 and over the next 30 years held various technical and management roles before leaving in early 2022. These roles included being Chairman of SRK Global, Managing Director and Chairman of SRK’s UK practice and Chairman of SRK’s Russia, Kazakhstan and Exploration practices.
Mike also spent many years as joint course co-ordinator of a MSc in Mineral Resources at Cardiff University and then as external examiner for the MSc in Metals and Energy Finance at Imperial College, University of London. He has also been a council member and Vice President of the Geological Society and is currently Chairman of the Geological Society Business Forum and Honorary Chairman of the Critical Minerals Association.
Mike continues to act as a consultant to the mining industry generally and is managing director and founder of Sarn Helen Gold Ltd., a company exploring for gold in the UK. Mike also currently serves as a non-executive director of Central Asia Metals Ltd.
Mike is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Rod Venables is a qualified solicitor who worked for 6 years in private practice, specialising in company and commercial law, before moving to the financial services sector. He worked in corporate finance and corporate broking with a number of stockbroking and advisory firms, including Greig Middleton & Co Limited, Old Mutual Securities Limited, Allenby Capital Limited and Northland Capital Partners Limited, focusing on equity capital markets and, in particular, the AIM market. Over the last 30 years, he has advised the boards of both private and public companies, based in the UK and overseas. He has experience across a wide range of sectors but, in recent years, he has been mostly involved with the resources, technology and support services sectors. He is a Director and Head of Company Secretarial Services at City Group PLC and is Company Secretary for Sunrise Resources plc.
An ACCA qualified accountant with experience gained across a variety of organisations, Michael is responsible for all aspects of financial administration, including treasury, ledger control, management accounts, annual audited accounts, taxes and statutory financial reporting.
Joel is responsible for all aspects of 3D modelling, mapping, technical reporting and digital data management, along with managing project permitting.
Jaelithe is responsible for regulatory and compliance matters, routine company secretarial activity and the day-to-day running of the head office IT and administrative functions.
Susan supports the Office Manager and Management Accountant in the day-to-day running of the Company’s finance and administrative functions.
