Corporate information
Directors & Management
A team of mining professionals, highly experienced in Australian greenfields exploration opportunities.
Mr Simon Hay
BSc (Hons), MAppSc, GradDip (Mgmt), MAICD
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Hay is a mining executive with more than 30 years of experience in the minerals industry, with a strong focus on project development. He has run ASX-listed companies for over seven years and held senior executive roles across exploration, development, construction and production and marketing functions spanning a range of commodities including copper, lithium, mineral sands, nickel and uranium.
Mr Hay previously served as Executive Chairman of Leo Lithium Ltd., leading the successful development, commissioning and divestment of the Goulamina Lithium Project. Prior to this, Mr Hay served as Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Resources Limited from 2019 to 2021, leading the company until its merger with Orocobre to form a top-five global lithium producer. Prior to Galaxy, Mr Hay was Head of Resource Development at Iluka Resources Limited, where he was responsible for exploration and geology, mine planning and development, major projects, engineering, technology and innovation across Iluka’s global asset portfolio. His role included oversight of significant capital programs and extensive operational and project experience in Western Australia.
Mr Hay is currently Executive Chairman of WhiteRock Lithium Corp. an advanced exploration lithium project in Quebec, Canada. Mr Hay is also a non-executive director of ASX-listed Lotus Resources Limited since February 2025.
Mr Will Robinson
B.Comm, MAusIMM
Managing Director and CEO
Mr Robinson is a senior resources industry executive with over 30 years’ experience in Australia and North America. Mr Robinson’s experience includes senior commercial, business development and commodity marketing roles at WMC Resources Limited and executive roles with ASX listed companies in base metals, gold and critical minerals exploration and development.
Mr Robinson was president of the resources industry advocacy body, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) from 2009 to 2019 and was a member of the Australian Federal Government’s ‘Resources 2030’ Taskforce.
Mr Robinson is non-executive chairman of ASX listed gold explorer Hamelin Gold (ASX:HMG) and a non-executive director of Hampton Hill Mining NL.
Mr Peter Bewick
B.Eng (Hons), MAusIMM
Non-Executive Director
Mr Peter Bewick is a geologist with over 30 years of industry experience and a graduate of the Western Australian School of Mines. Mr Bewick held a number of senior roles during a 14 year career with WMC Resources Ltd including Geology Manager of the Kambalda Nickel Operations, Exploration Manager for St Ives Gold Operations and Exploration Manager for the Nickel Business Unit. He also gained international experience whilst at WMC as Exploration Manager for North America based in Denver, Colorado. Mr Bewick has extensive experience in project generation for a range of commodities including nickel, gold, copper and bauxite. Mr Bewick has been a member of the MERIWA Exploration Advisory Committee / College since 2013. Mr Bewick was the Executive Director with Encounter Resources Ltd for 15 years until late 2021 when he moved to the role of non-executive Director. He is currently Managing Director of Hamelin Gold Ltd a position he has held since the Company’s ASX listing in November 2021 and is a non-executive director of ASX listed Axiant Resources Ltd.
Dr Jon Hronsky OAM
BAppSci, PhD, MAusIMM, FSEG
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Hronsky has more than forty years of experience in the mineral exploration industry, primarily focused on project generation, technical innovation and exploration strategy development. Dr. Hronsky has particular expertise in targeting for nickel and gold deposits, but has worked across a diverse range of commodities. His work led to the discovery of the West Musgrave nickel sulfide province in Western Australia. Dr. Hronsky was previously Manager-Strategy & Generative Services for BHP Billiton Mineral Exploration and prior to that, he was Global Geoscience Leader for WMC Resources Ltd.
He is currently a Director of exploration consulting group Western Mining Services and an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia. Jon is also a non-executive Director of ASX-200 company Paladin Energy Limited and ASX-listed companies Strickland Metals and Caspin Resources. In 2019, Dr Hronsky was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the mining industry and in 2023, was awarded the Silver Medal from the global Society of Economic Geologists for excellence in original work in the study of ore deposits.
Mr Philip Crutchfield KC
B. Comm, LL.B (Hons), LL.M LSE
Non-Executive Director
Mr Crutchfield is a barrister specialising in commercial law. Philip was Non-Executive Director of and Black Cat Syndicate Limited (ASX:BC8) (resigned 30 November 2023) and is a non-executive director of Dreadnought Resources Limited (ASX:DRE) Sunshine Metals Limited (ASX:SHN) and Hamelin Gold Limited (ASX:HMG). Philip is also a former partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now Mallesons).
Mr Dan Travers
B.Sc (Hons), FCCA
Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Travers is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and was appointed to the position of Company Secretary on 20 November 2008. He has ~thirty years’ experience in accounting, including over twenty years in the administration of public listed entities in the mining and exploration industry. Dan is a director of Cambria Corporate Pty Ltd which specialises in the provision of company secretarial and accounting services to ASX listed entities.
