Directors and Senior Management

Ian Murray:
Russell Davis:
Kevin Hart:
Martin Pyle:
Ziggy Lubieniecki:

Executive Chairman
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
General Manager

Ian Murray - B Comm, CA(SA), ACA, ACMA, Adv Tax Cert
Executive Chairman

Mr Murray is a chartered accountant and has over 15 years corporate experience in the publicly listed resource sector. Previously he was with DRDGOLD Ltd between 1997 - 2005 during which time he held positions including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Murray oversaw DRDGOLD's major acquisitions, restructures and stock exchange listings over the nine years which grew DRDGOLD from a small, lease-bound South African miner into a globally listed multi-mine gold company producing at its peak over 1 moz of gold per annum.

Prior to this he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, worked in Management Consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers, worked in the South African Revenue Service and assisted in establishing one of South Africa's most successful biotechnology companies.

Mr Murray is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of both the South Africa and Australia institutes, having obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Higher Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In addition Mr Murray is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
 

Russell Davis - BSc (Hons), MBA, MAIMM, FFIN
Non-Executive Director

Russell Davis is a founding director of Eleckra Mines Limited.  He is a geologist with over 25 years experience in mineral exploration, management, property acquisition, mining and development. During this period he has worked on the exploration and development of a range of commodities for a number of international and Australian companies.  He has held senior positions including Chief Mine Geologist, Exploration Manager and Regional Manager.  In recent years Mr Davis was responsible for instigating and managing mineral exploration activities for ASARCO and for acquiring the projects held by Eleckra.

Mr Davis holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and an MBA from Deakin University. Mr Davis is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.  Mr Davis is currently Managing Director of ASX listed Syndicated Metals Limited.

Kevin R Hart - B Comm, CA
Company Secretary, Non-Executive Director

Mr Hart is a Chartered Accountant and was appointed to the position of Company Secretary on 4 August 2006 and Non-Executive Director on 17 May 2007. He has over 25 years experience in accounting and the management and administration of public listed entities in the mining and exploration industry.

He is currently a partner in an advisory firm which specialises in the provision of Company Secretarial services to ASX listed entities. Mr Hart currently also serves on the board of Alloy Resources Limited. Mr Hart holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia.
 

Martin Pyle - BSc (Hons), MBA
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Pyle, a mining industry consultant and resource company director holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours – Geology) and MBA.
Martin was previously a Corporate Finance Director with Hartleys Limited, where he was involved in the generation and execution of substantial resources related equity raisings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate advice and research.

Ziggy Lubieniecki - BASc, MAIMM, MAIG
General Manager

Mr Lubieniecki is a geologist with over 20 years experience in exploration, mining, management, property acquisition, and company listing. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

During his career he has worked on a range of commodities for companies including Chevron, Mt. Burgess Gold Mining, Sundowner Minerals NL, Forsayth NL, Plutonic Resources, Micromine Pty Ltd, Australian Platinum Mines NL, Apex Minerals NL and Goldcrest Mines Limited.

Mr Lubieniecki has held senior positions including Chief Mine Geologist for Plutonic and Exploration Manager for Australian Platinum Mines. In recent years Mr Lubieniecki has been responsible for proving up Thatcher Soak Uranium Deposit and discovery of the Central Bore Gold Deposit for Eleckra Mines Limited.