Directors

Russell John Fountain, B.Sc., Ph.D, F.A.I.G., Chairman.

Dr Fountain was appointed a Director and Chairman of the Company on 23 September, 2005. He is a Sydney-based consulting geologist with 40 years of international experience in all aspects of mineral exploration, project feasibility and mine development.

Previous positions include President, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation; Exploration Manager, Nord Pacific Ltd and Chief Geologist, CSR Minerals. Russell has had global responsibility for corporate exploration programs with portfolios targeting copper, gold, nickel and mineral sands. He played a key role in the grassroots discovery of mines at Granny Smith (Au in WA), Osborne (Cu-Au in Qld) and Lerokis (Au-Cu in Indonesia) and the development of known prospects into mines at Girilambone (Cu in NSW) and Waihi (Au in NZ). Russell holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Sydney (awarded in 1973), with a thesis based on his work at the Panguna Mine (Cu-Au in PNG). He worked as a project geologist on the Namosi porphyry copper deposit in Fiji from 1972 to 1976. Russell is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and Executive Chairman of Finders Resources Ltd.