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Directors
Mr Paul Chapman – Non Executive Chairman
B.Comm, ACA, Grad. Dip. Tax, CFTP(Snr), MAICD, SAFin
Mr Paul Chapman is a chartered accountant and has over twenty years of resources experience gained in Australia and the US. He has worked in a number of commodity businesses including gold, nickel, manganese, bauxite/alumina and oil/gas. Mr Chapman’s career includes 17 years with WMC where he held various senior commercial positions. Mr Chapman has held senior management roles in public companies of various sizes and is Chairman of ASX listed uranium explorer Encounter Resources Ltd and also Chairman of listed gold company Silver Lake Resources Ltd.
Mr Richard Laufmann – Non Executive Director
B.Eng (Mining), MAusIMM, MAICD
Mr Richard Laufmann is a mining engineer with a proven track record in the resources sector both in Australia and overseas. Mr Laufmann’s career includes 11 years with WMC as a mining engineer and in various management roles. His extensive operational experience includes three years as General Manager of St Ives Gold in Western Australia. Mr Laufmann also previously led WMC Resources Limited's Gold Business as General Manager – Operations. Mr Laufmann is currently the Managing Director of Indophil Resources, an ASX listed company operating in the Philippines.
Mr Brian Phillips – Non Executive Director
AWASM-Mining, FAusIMM, MIMMM
Mr Phillips is a mining engineer with over 40 years experience in the mining industry. He worked for the Goldfields Group in Tasmania, the United Kingdom and Western Australia. In 1981, he joined Metals Exploration Limited and served as an executive director of Metals Exploration, North Kalgurli Mines Limited and Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie Limited. Mr Phillips joined MPI Mines Limited in 1992 and was managing director from October 2002 until December 2004, followed by two years as chairman of Leviathan Resources Limited. He was a non-executive director of Perseverance Corporation from January 2007 until February 2008, and was a non-executive director of Tawana Resources NL until July 2009. He is a non-executive director of Panoramic Resources Limited and chairman of Indophil Resources NL.
Mr Steven Olsen – Managing Director
B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc.(MinEx), Grad. Dip (F&I), MAusIMM
Mr Steven Olsen has over 16 years experience in the resources industry with a background of 14 years working as a mine geologist and exploration geologist, predominantly in Western Australia and Canada, on nickel and gold deposits. Mr Olsen has had continued exploration success for both nickel and gold mineralisation throughout his career. Mr Olsen’s qualifications include a B.Sc. (Hons) University of Melbourne, a Masters in Mineral Exploration from Queens University, Ontario and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.
Mr Geoffrey Lowe – Executive Director, Exploration
B.Sc. MAusIMM
Mr Lowe is a geologist with over 23 years experience in both greenfields and near mine exploration for gold and copper in Australia. His career includes 18 years with the Normandy Mining Group and Newmont Australia Limited where he held geological and senior management positions in Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australia, and two years with Leviathan Resources Ltd and Perseverance Corporation Ltd. Mr Lowe joined Rex as Exploration Manager in August 2007 and he has established and managed the exploration portfolio and programs for the Company, leading the exploration team responsible for the discovery and delineation of the Hillside copper-gold deposit in South Australia.
Ms Amber Rivamonte – Company Secretary
CPA, B. Bus (Acc)
Ms Amber Rivamonte was originally appointed as company secretary with Rex in July 2007. Ms Rivamonte is a CPA and previously held the roles of CFO and company secretary at Rex Minerals and Ballarat Goldfields NL. Ms Rivamonte also previously held the role of company secretary at Indophil Resources NL and has over 16 years experience in the financial management of public listed exploration companies.
