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BOARD PROFILE
Peter Bilbe (65)
B.Eng. (Mining) (Hons), MAusIMM
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Bilbe is a mining engineer with
40 years’ Australian and international
mining experience in gold, base
metals and iron ore at the operational,
managerial and board levels. He
has held senior positions at Mount
Gibson Iron Limited, Aztec Resources
Limited, Portman Limited, Aurora Gold
Limited and Kalgoorlie Consolidated
Gold Mines Pty Ltd. His most recent
executive position was Managing
Director of Aztec Resources Limited,
which successfully developed the
Koolan Island iron ore project from
exploration to production. He is also a
past member of the Executive Council
of Chamber of Minerals and Energy. Mr
Bilbe is currently a director of Northern
Iron Limited. He holds a Bachelor of
Engineering (Mining) degree from the
University of New South Wales and is a
Member of the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Peter Bradford (57)
B.AppSc., FAusIMM, MSMME
Managing Director
Mr. Bradford is a senior executive and
a qualified metallurgist with over 35
years’ experience in gold and base
metals mining operations, exploration
and development and has held
senior positions internationally and
within Australia. He graduated as a
metallurgist at the Western Australian
School of Mines and commenced his
career with various gold, nickel and
mineral sands operations in Western
Australia. He has worked as resident
manager at both Gidgee and Plutonic
Gold Mines during the development
and early operational phases.
Internationally, Mr. Bradford has
held senior and chief executive
roles with Ashanti Goldfields (and
Golden Shamrock Mines), Golden Star
Resources, Anvil Mining, Copperbelt
Minerals and PMI Gold, providing
leadership in the development of
strategy and growth for many of
these companies. He is a Fellow of the
AusIMM and a Member of the Society
of Mining Engineers.
Keith Spence (61)
BSc (Geophysics) (Hons)
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Spence has over 30 years’
experience in the oil and gas industry,
including 18 years with Shell and has
a broad knowledge of the resources
sector. He retired from Woodside in
2008 after a 14-year tenure in top
executive positions in that company,
including Chief Operating Officer and
Acting Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Spence chairs the Board of the
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and
Environmental Management Authority
and the Industry Advisory Board of
the Australian Centre for Energy and
Process Training. He is Non-Executive
Chairman of Geodynamics Limited
and Base Resources Limited and a
Non-Executive Director of Oil Search
Limited. He joined the board of the
then listed company Clough Limited in
August 2008 and was Chairman from
2010 until its acquisition via scheme of
arrangement by Murray and Roberts
in 2013.
Left to right: Geoffrey Clifford,
Peter Buck, Peter Bradford, Peter Bilbe,
Keith Spence and Neil Warburton.
(Mark Bennett away at time of photo).