Corporate Directory
Board of Directors
Mr Mark Basso-Brusa (B.E. (Hons))
Managing Director and Chairman
Mr Basso-Brusa has a Bachelor of Engineering degree completed in 1983 from the University of Western Australia. After graduating he was involved in the design and construction phases of projects such as the Perth International Airport, LNG Storage Tanks on the Burrup, Iron Ore Ship Unloader Romania (commissioning), HV Substations Cape Lambert and Pannawonica, and CHLOR Alkaline Plant CSBP. In 1992 he formed a construction company with his two brothers which continues to prosper.
Mr Basso-Brusa has developed extensive business management skills over the last 15 years. Mr Basso-Brusa’s engineering background provides him with the ability to liaise with consultants, thereby ensuring that projects proceed in a logical, cost effective and timely manner.
Mr Malcolm Castle (B.Sc.(Hons), GCertAppFin (Sec Inst), MAusIMM)
Non-Executive Director
Mr Castle has over 40 years experience in exploration geology and property evaluation. He has worked for major companies over 20 years as an exploration geologist, and established a 20 year mature consulting company, specialising in exploration management, technical audit, due diligence and property valuation at all stages of development. Mr Castle has extensive experience in a number of commodities including gold, base metals, iron ore, mineral sands and coal. He has been responsible for project discovery through to feasibility study in Australia, Fiji, Southern Africa and Indonesia, with involvement in technical audits in many countries.
Mr Castle completed studies in Applied Geology with the University of New South Wales in 1965 and has been awarded a B.Sc.(Hons) degree. He has completed postgraduate studiesn with the Securities Institute of Australia in 2001 and was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment in 2004. Mr Castle has been a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for over 40 years.
Mr Ranko Matic (B.BUS, CA)
Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary
Mr Matic is a Chartered Accountant with over 18 years experience in the areas of financial and executive management, accounting, audit, business and corporate advisory. Mr Matic has considerable experience in a range of industries with particular exposure to publically listed companies and large private enterprises.
Mr Matic is a director of a chartered accounting firm and a corporate advisory company based in West Perth, and has specialist expertise and exposure in areas of audit, corporate
services, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and valuations. Through these positions Mr Matic has been involved in an advisory capacity to over 35 initial public offerings on the
ASX in the last 5 years.
Mr Matic has also acted as chief financial officer and company secretary for companies in the private sector and currently holds company secretarial roles with publically listed companies,
including Golden State Resources Ltd and Accent Resources NL.
Mr Rex Littlewood (B.Sc, MAICS)
Non-Executive Director
Mr Littlewood, under his company, Australian Carbon Assets, consults in most aspects of coal mine evaluation, coal technology and marketing and was formerly vice president of Noble Energy, a subsidiary of Noble Group. He was responsible for their Asian coal and coke platform, and for developing the Australian operations.
Mr Littlewood has more than 30 years experience in the international coal market, where he was involved in the development of mines as well as mining and export infrastructure. At Noble he designed and implemented a fully integrated, computerised coal management system from mine to customer, capturing all data in a “paperless” process.
Mr William Randall (B.Bus)
Alternate Non-Executive Director
Mr Randall is the Noble Group Head of the Coal and Coke division. He started career at Noble in Australia, transferring to Asia in 1999 where he established Noble’s coal operations, mining and supply chain management busineses. Following his appointment as Director Noble Energy Inc in 2001, Mr Randall continued to build the global coal and coke marketing network and asset pipeline. He was appoitned global head of Coal & Coke in 2006 and became a member of the Noble Group Executive Board in 2008. He assumed management of the Steel & Fero Alloys business in April 2010.
Auditors
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Share Registry
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