Corporate

Directors

Graham Roberts Graham Roberts
— Executive Chairman

Graham has 35 years of international experience in the mining industry and related financial markets.  Prior to joining Serabi in 2003, Graham was managing director and group head of investment and corporate banking for BMO Nesbitt Burns (now BMO Capital Markets) in London, a wholly-owned investment banking subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal.

Previously, Graham worked as director and head of mining research for W.I Carr UK Ltd. Subsequently from 1994 to 1996, he headed up the mining business at the UK merchant bank Hambros, where he was executive director of Hambros Equities UK Ltd providing a full range of cross-border capital markets and advisory services to international mining companies.

Before entering the financial services sector, Graham worked for 13 years at Consolidated Gold Fields in the UK and Africa, in corporate finance, mining and exploration across a wide range of base metal and precious metal projects and mines.

He has a BSc in Geology and Geography from London University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Chartered Engineer and is a Member of the London Association of Mining Analysts.

 

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Michael HodgsonMichael Hodgson
— Chief Executive

Mike has worked in the mining industry for over 20 years and has extensive international experience. Most recently he worked as chief operating officer and vice president technical services for Canadian-based Orvana Minerals Corporation. Prior to that, he provided consulting services to a number of mining companies in Europe and South America. Previous appointments include manager technial services and operations for TVX Gold Inc., mining technical consultant at ACA Howe International Ltd and similar roles at Rio Tinto plc and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. He has, during his career, acquired extensive experience in narrow vein underground mining operations.

Originally qualified in mining geology, Mike is a Fellow of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of UK and a "Qualified Person" in accordance with the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Mineral Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

 

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Bill Clough Bill Clough
— Director - Business Development

Bill was the founding investor of Serabi Mineraçao Ltda and has been active in Brazil since 1999. He assembled a portfolio of exploration interests in the Tapajos Region which culminated in the establishment of Serabi Mineraçao Ltd in 2001.

Bill is also non-executive chairman of Brazilian based nickel resources company, Mirabela Nickel Limited. He also has significant interests in a number of other ASX and AIM listed and unlisted international exploration and mining companies including Exco Resources Ltd, Sally Malay Mining Limited and Albidon Limited.

In 1984 Bill joined his family’s engineering construction company, Clough Engineering Group, as business development manager. He was appointed to the Clough Limited board as a non-executive director in 1994 until December 2002. Clough Limited was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998.

Bill holds a BSc in Geology and a BCom in Finance from the University of Western Australia.

 

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Clive Line Clive Line
— Finance Director

Clive is a Chartered Accountant and has been involved in mining and other natural resources companies since 1987, overseeing financial and legal issues for exploration and development projects in Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Having worked with Price Waterhouse in both the UK and Australia, he joined Cluff Resources plc in 1987, where he was finance director prior to joining the privately owned Quest Petroleum Group in a similar position in 1993. Following the successful sale of this group he became involved with Eurasia Mining plc and Northern Petroleum plc, both of which were admitted to trading on AIM in 1996. Most recently he has worked within one of the world’s largest marketing services companies as UK finance director.

Clive has an Honours degree in Accounting and Finance and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. 

 

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Richard Robinson Richard Robinson
— Non-Executive Director

Richard has 30 years' experience in the mining industry.  He has had extensive involvement with the gold, base metal, platinum and coal mining and smelting industries, their international markets and national and industry organizations, such as the World Gold Council, through various directorships and other executive positions held over the last 21 years.  He is currently a director of companies in the base metals mining, smelting and recycling industry and in refining and advanced technologies in the precious metals industry.

Richard was previously the managing director of LaSource SAS in Paris.  Prior to moving to Europe in 1998 he was chief executive officer of Gold Fields Limited and previously an executive director of Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd.

He has an Honours degree in Computer Science, a Masters degree in Mineral Economics from Queens University in Canada and has attended the Senior Executive Programs at The Management College at Henley-on-Thames, England and at INSEAD at Fontainebleau, France.

 

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Roger Davey Roger Davey
— Non-Executive Director

Roger is a Chartered Mining Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry.  He is presently assistant dDirector and the senior mining engineer at N M Rothschild (London) in the Mining and Metals project finance team. Prior to this his experience covered the financing, development and operation of both underground and surface mining operations in gold and base metals at senior management and director level in South America, Africa and the United Kingdom.  Previous positions held include director, vice-president and general manager of Minorco/AngloGold subsidiaries in Argentina; operations director of Greenwich Resources plc, London; production manager for Blue Circle Industries in Chile; and various production management roles in Gold Fields of South Africa.

Roger is a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines, England, with a Master of Science degree in Mineral Production Management from Imperial College, London University. He is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.), a European Engineer (Eur. Eng.) and a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM).

 

Senior Management
 

Wanderlan Almeida
- Managing Director, Serabi Mineracao Ltda

Wanderlan has extensive experience working in the mining and chemical industry in Brazil over the past 29 years, most recently as industrial director of the chemical group, IPC do Nordeste Ltda.  Prior to IPC, Wanderlan worked for 13 years at Rio Tinto Mineraçao, moving from operations manager at the Rio Paracatu gold mine to mining manager at the group head office and subsequently at the Fortaleza nickel mine.  Previously he worked for 7 years for the Companhia Siderugica Nacional group as mine planning engineer and economic coordinator, responsilble for feasability studies and new investments.

Wanderlan holds a BSc in Mining Engineering, with a post graduate in geostatistics from the Federal University of Ouro Preto.

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Ulisses Melo
- Chief Financial Officer, Serabi Mineracao Ltda

With responsibility for all financial and administrative affairs of the company in Brazil, Ulisses brings with him strong experience of implementing system improvements and internal controls and international finance and reporting.  Prior to joining Serabi, he spent five years working with the international accounting firm Arthur Andersen and a further ten years working with Samarco Mineraçao, Companhia de Fomento Mineral and Rio Capim Caulim S/A as controller and finance director.

Ulisses is a graduate in Economics and Business Administration from the University of PUC Minas Gerais and holds an MBA from Fundacao Dom Cabral (FDC).

Chris Spurway
- Exploration Manager

Chris joined Serabi in early 2007 from Troy Resources, where he was exploration manager in Latin & South America for three years. He has over 17 years experience in mineral exploration and resource definition in Australia, South America and Canada and previously worked as a senior exploration geologist for AngloGold in Australia and as a geologist with Acacia Resources, CRA Exploration and Tri Origin Minerals.

Chris is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Geology and also holds a Graduate Certificate in Business Management from the University of New England and a Certificate in Frontline Management from the Mt Eliza Business School/Monash University.

 

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