Board & Management

Mr Oliver has led large scale resource definition projects for Rio Tinto and previously worked in near mine exploration/resource definition roles for New Hampton Goldfields and Harmony Gold. He managed exploration in Portugal for Iberian Resources Limited including target generation and grassroots exploration across a range of commodities. More recent roles include Exploration Manager for Bellamel Mining and BC Iron and he is currently Managing Director of Signature Metals (ASX:SBL). He has wide-ranging exploration experience including expertise in near-mine exploration/resource extension and resource definition as well as significant experience in the technical and economic evaluation of resources projects.

Mr. O’Malley is responsible for managing Kenosis Capital Partners’ advisory engagements, direct investments and government relations.

Prior to founding Kenosis Capital Partners, Mr. O’Malley was Head of the Asian Natural Resources investment banking practice at Deutsche Bank and more recently at HSBC.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank and HSBC, Mr. O’Malley was a senior energy and natural resources sector banker at Credit Suisse First Boston based in New York and Johannesburg.

During more than 21 years in investment banking, Mr. O’Malley led the origination and execution of major mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, and structured finance transactions in the metals and mining and oil and gas and sectors.

Mr. O’Malley is also Chairman of The Leadership Forum and a Member of the Bar in the State of New York and the State of New Jersey.

As Managing Director of Tianshan Goldfields Limited, an ASX listed mineral resource company, Mr Thomas led teams that discovered the 2.4M oz Xinjiang Gold Mountain deposit (China), its evaluation and completion of a positive pre-feasibility study. He also completed capital raisings in London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Prior to Tianshan Goldfields Limited, Mr Thomas held senior positions with Rio Tinto Exploration (Australia, Brazil and China) and Hamersley Iron (Australia).

More recently, Mr Thomas has consulted for AsiaMin Consulting Limited (HK) primarily as a Competent Person and Valuer to various international and Chinese coal companies listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In this role, Mr Thomas completed Technical and Valuer reports, including JORC conversions, for several coal projects in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang provinces China and Tajikistan.

Mr Thomas’ expertise includes exploration and mining tenement acquisition; mineral resource evaluations and valuations, budgets and strategy plans; liaising with Australian and international Mines Departments, negotiating with foreign governments and joint venture partners; statutory and Stock Exchange reports; and presentations to companies, stockbrokers and financial institutions.