Board & Management

Wayne Loxton, Executive Chairman

Mr Loxton holds a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from WA School of Mines, graduating with the JA Crocos Medal, the School’s highest award for academic excellence in the final year. He is the holder of a First Class Mine Managers Certificate (WA) and an unrestricted Mine Managers Certificate of Competency (NT). Wayne is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Mr Loxton’s career has spanned 45 years, and during this period he has held positions at Chairman, Managing Director, Operations Director and Non-Executive Director levels. His experience includes formulating strategy, completing feasibility studies, performance improvement change programs, commercial and strategic due diligence, capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions, asset divestiture and introduction of best practice.

Mr Loxton’s mining experience includes assignments in Australia, Papua New Guinea, North America, South Africa, South Korea, DRC, Mexico, Canada, Ghana, Philippines, Indonesia and Zimbabwe.

Mr Loxton has extensive and wide-ranging corporate and operational experience in the gold and base metals industries both in underground and open pit operations. Wayne’s operational hands-on approach together with his corporate and financial skills has allowed him to gain a diverse range of experience. He has worked on numerous project evaluations in Australia and overseas. Working as Project Manager for Goldfields, Wayne completed the optimisation study and definitive feasibility study to formulate the best economic and strategic way forward for the St Ives Gold Mine in Western Australia, including the engineering design for a 4.5mtpa gold treatment plant.

Mr Loxton has completed strategic and commercial due diligence studies, engaged as team leader for bankable feasibility studies and project construction, negotiated project finance and off take agreements, implemented hedging and capital raise programs, drafted, negotiated and implemented underground and open pit mining contracts and completed strategic operational reviews.

Anthony Rovira, Non-Executive Director

Mr Rovira is a Geologist with 40 years of technical and management experience in the mining industry, as an exploration and mining geologist, and as a company executive at board level.

As Managing Director of Azure Minerals in 2023/24 Mr Rovira oversaw the discovery of the world class Andover Lithium Deposit in the Pilbara of Western Australia, which led to a $1.7B takeover by Hancock Prospecting. For this transaction, Mr Rovira and Azure were awarded the prestigious “Dealer of the Year Award” at the 2024 Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum.

As general manager of exploration, Mr Rovira led the team that discovered and developed the world class Cosmos massive nickel sulphide deposit in Western Australia and was recognised by his peers with Prospector of the Year Award.

John Fitzgerald, Non-Executive Director

Mr Fitzgerald has 35 years’ resource finance experience, providing project finance and corporate advisory in the resource sector.

Mr Fitzgerald has held senior positions in Investment Banking and Treasury at NM Rothschild and Sons, Investec Bank Australia, Commonwealth Bank and HSBC Precious Metals. Qualifications - Chartered Accountant, Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australia and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Since 2012 Mr Fitzgerald has been a non-executive director of Northern Star Resources, where he serves as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. Northern Star is in the top 20 of the largest companies on the Australian Securities Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately A$34B and producing 1.63Moz. Au in FY2025 from mining projects in Australia and North America and generating a positive net cashflow of (+) A$1.2B.

Mr Fitzgerald also serves as chairman of ASX listed Medallion Metals and Turaco Gold.

Jonathon Edwards, Non-Executive Director

Mr Edwards holds a Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) and is a specialist engineering technologist with over 42 years of experience in mining, oil, gas and subsea engineering including the alternative and renewable energy sectors.

Mr Edwards earlier engineering career included Hammersley Iron Tom Price WA, Transfield Engineering Burrup Peninsula WA, Western Mining Roxby Downs SA, BHP Petroleum Timor Sea, Eltin Contracting Kalgoorlie WA, Woodside and Santos at various locations.

Mr Edwards developed and was the Managing Director of Seatrac Pty Ltd a specialist subsea engineering company using underwater robotics and proprietary intervention techniques to recover, terminate and support oil and gas wells in remote, deep, and shallow offshore locations globally.

In 2007, Seatrac was sold to the Helix Energy Solutions Group a US based international energy services provider with significant expertise in the Offshore energy sectors including renewable energy using wind, wave, and tidal power technologies. Mr Edwards was retained as the Business Development Manager from 2007 – 2012 gaining significant expertise in all forms of alternative and renewable energy technologies.

In the past 11 years from 2012 – 2023 Mr Edwards has established and is the Principal of Edwards Family Investments primarily in Perth industrial property, Gold, Lithium and Rare earth stocks and continues advancing technologies in the Green Energy sector utilising, developing, and advancing technologies in relation to Lithium Batteries, EV fast charging systems including, mobile EV fast charging systems utilising renewable energy fuels.