Ian Smith

Independent Non-Executive Chairman

B.E (Hons, Mining) B Fin Admin, FIEAust, FAusIMM

Ian Smith was appointed a Director of Rex Minerals on 18 February 2019, and was appointed Chairman on 1 June 2021. Ian also serves on the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Ian is a mining engineer with more than 40 years' experience in the mining and services sector. He has held some of the most senior positions in the Australian resources industry, most recently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Orica. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Newcrest, growing the business to what has become Australia's biggest, and globally one of the largest, gold mining companies. Ian is a Fellow of both the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institute of Engineers. Ian is the Non-Executive Chairman of VHM Limited.

In prior roles, Ian was global head of operational and technical excellence with Rio Tinto, London and Managing Director - Comalco Aluminium Smelting with Rio Tinto in Brisbane. He has technical, operational, financial and strategic expertise, having also held senior and executive positions with WMC Resources, Pasminco and CRA. Ian is a past President of the Australian Mines & Metals Association and is a past Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia.

Richard Laufmann

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

B.Eng (Mining), MAusIMM, MAICD

Richard Laufmann is a founding director of ASX-listed Rex Minerals, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in April 2015. Richard, a graduate of the WA School of Mines, is a mining engineer with broad experience in the resources sector – specifically in copper, gold and nickel – both corporately and operationally.

Before becoming CEO of Rex, Richard was the CEO of ASX-listed Indophil Resources which had ownership in and management of one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper projects (Tampakan). This company operated in an extremely challenging commodity price and geo-political environment and resulted in a A$361M takeover of the Company.

Prior to Indophil, Richard was CEO of ASX-listed Ballarat Goldfields. On joining, he recapitalised and led the company, through feasibility, financing, construction and commissioning of the Ballarat Gold Mine. In early 2007, Ballarat was taken over by Lihir Gold for A$345M.

Previously, Richard was the General Manager of Gold for Western Mining Corporation (WMC), with some of the largest and most diverse surface and underground operations in the country. As General Manager St Ives, he was responsible for the innovative development of the highly successful Heap Leach project.

Richard is a past Chairman of the State Council of the Minerals Council of Australia (Victorian division) at the time the State Council merged into the national MCA.

Amber Rivamonte

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Finance

CPA; B.Bus(Acc); MAICD

Amber has over 25 years’ experience in the resources industry covering the fields of commercial, strategic and risk management, corporate governance and financial management experience. Amber has a background in accounting and is a certified practicing accountant (CPA). She has previously held the dual role of chief financial officer and company secretary at Rex Minerals and Ballarat Goldfields, as well as the role of company secretary at Indophil Resources and White Rock Minerals. She has also been a director of a number of companies in Australia and internationally.

Amber was appointed to Rex’s Board as Executive Director of Finance on 1 June 2021.

Amber’s experience covers all aspects of managing resources companies, from project acquisition, mergers, demergers, takeovers, schemes and various forms of fund raisings.

Gregory Robinson

Independent Non-Executive Director

B.Sc (Hons) (Geology); MBA; MAICD

Greg was appointed a Director of Rex Minerals on 1 June 2021. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Greg has extensive executive experience in the finance and resources industries. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Incitec Pivot Limited, and is Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) (Chairman of the Audit Committee).

He is the former Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Newcrest Mining Limited (including six years as CFO & Finance Director) and former Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Energy Limited. Prior to joining Newcrest, Greg was on the Executive Committee of and held senior executive roles in the Petroleum and Energy Division of BHP (including five years as CFO) and was a Director of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch & Co and headed the Australia/Asia Pacific resources team.

Greg was previously a non-executive director of the World Gold Council, and a non-executive director of St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research.

Andrew Seaton

Independent Non-Executive Director

BE (Chem) Hons, Grad Dip Bus Admin, GAICD

Andrew was appointed a Director of Rex Minerals on 1 December 2021. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

He has over 30 years’ business experience across a range of finance, engineering, project management, investment banking and senior executive roles. Andrew is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Australian Naval Infrastructure, and a non-executive Director of Strike Energy Ltd, Homestart Finance Ltd and Hydrocarbon Dynamics Ltd.

Andrew was previously CFO of Santos Limited, Australia’s largest producer of domestic natural gas and a key supplier of LNG into Asia. During his time with Santos, the company expanded its LNG portfolio to include interests in Darwin LNG, PNG LNG and Gladstone LNG. Prior to this he worked in investment banking with Merrill Lynch in Melbourne and New York across a broad range of advisory, M&A, equity and debt capital markets transactions, and with NAB in corporate and institutional banking. His early career included process engineering and project management roles across upstream oil and gas and petrochemicals.