
Chairman
Wayne Mitchell
AASA, AAIM
Mr Mitchell is a qualified accountant with over 20 years extensive senior management experience in the natural resource sector, both in Australia and in South East Asia.
In the early 1970's, Mr Mitchell and two partners were the initial promoters and developers of Thailand's major zinc deposit located at Mae Sot, Northern Thailand.
This resource deposit is now owned and operated by a Thai public company, Padaeng Industry Company Ltd. Mr Mitchell specialises in the areas of financial planning, fund raising and project evaluation.
He is also a past Chairman of listed company Central Victorian Gold Mines N.L and a director of Diversified Mineral Resources NL where he initiated and led the project team for the Burton Downs Coal project taken over by Portman Mining before being sold for more than $200 million.
CEO/MD and Director
Dr Andrew Firek
M. Sc., Ph.D., FAusIMM, FAIE
Dr Firek has been involved in the coal mining and processing industry at operational and executive levels for over 20 years. Dr Firek is a former group leader at the CSIRO, Division of Fossil Fuels in Sydney. He was a United Nations expert in fossil fuels and has worked on coal, oil and gas projects in Europe and Africa. He managed teams involved in coal and oil from coal projects at the CSIRO and has participated in developing coal and mineral exploration strategies for projects in Tasmania. Dr Firek is also familiar with downstream processing of coal, oil and gas that helps in evaluating feasibility of the fuel resources. Etc etc
After leaving the CSIRO in the mid 80s, he became Project Director at Memtec Ltd. He subsequently joined Pancontinental Mining Ltd where he was involved in gold and base metal projects including the development and commissioning of a $220 million magnesia production facility near Rockhampton in Queensland. During this project he supervised construction and commissioning of some of its processing stages.
Dr Firek was a director of technology and mineral residue processing group Hydromet Technologies Ltd. He also was founding executive director of the listed company, Allegiance Mining NL which later discovered Tasmania's largest nickel sulphide resource the Avebury deposit. Allegiance was taken over by Zinifex in 2008 for over $800 million. In 2005 Dr Firek co founded listed company Zelos Resources NL with backing from cornerstone investor Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, the largest manufacturer of low ash metallurgical coke in India. Dr Firek is currently a director of Gujarat NRE Minerals Limited and two Gujarat subsidiaries As a result of merger activities Zelos Resources NL has become the ASX listed Gujarat NRE Minerals Limited group with a market capitalization of over $1 billion.
Interest in Shares and Options 1,762,315 ordinary shares in Coalworks Limited and options to acquire a further 4,000,000 ordinary shares
Company Secretary and Director
Mr Sin Pyng Teng
B Econ., Dip Fin Mgmt., CPA, FAICD, AFAIM
Mr Teng is a Certified Practicing Accountant, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associated Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Mr Teng has been employed by several manufacturing companies in senior accounting positions. Mr Teng has since 1990 worked full time as a consultant involved with mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring. He has had several years experience on project development and investor relations and has a strong association with the investment community in Singapore and Malaysia. He has also consulted with respect to a number of Initial Public Offerings and public company capital raisings and stock exchange practice. Mr Teng currently holds position as director and company secretary to other public listed companies.
Senior Consultant
Chris Hagan
BA, LLB, Acc.Spec. (Bus)
Mr Hagan has over 25 years' experience advising publicly-listed and private companies on legal and corporate affairs, including large scale capital raising strategies, IPOs and restructures. Some of the highlights of his career include co- founding and acting as CEO of Allegiance Mining NL in its early years before its major nickel discovery and takeover by Zinifex in 2008 for over $800 million.
He also co-founded Zelos Resources NL, an ASX-listed company which has now become ASX listed Gujarat NRE Minerals Limited group with a market capitalisation of over $1 billion.
He acted as consultant to the Burton Downs Coal Project and was principal consultant to securing the Oaklands Coal Project from the NSW government and then principal consultant to the Initial Public Offering of Coalworks Limited, an IPO which closed oversubscribed and raised $25 million.
He has a Bachelor of Laws & Art from the University of New South Wales and has specialist expertise in legal areas such as intellectual property, mining, mergers and acquisitions, prospectuses and commercial transactions. He has a strong track record of success in leading legal teams in successful takeover campaigns, including tactical litigation. He retains his qualification as a solicitor and is a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Business Law.
Operation Manager
Mr Geoff Kidd
Mr Kidd has extensive experience in hands-on roles driving technological and operational efficiencies in new mine development and managing coal projects. He has over 25 years' experience at a senior level within the mining, engineering, contracting, power, chemical and petrochemical industries. His professional experience in the coal Industry has primarily focussed on new mine developments and the expansion of existing Mines.
Before joining Coalworks, Mr Kidd's most recent position was as Coal Manager, New South Wales with management and engineering consultancy, Connell Hatch. Prior to that, he was Engineering and Project Manager for White Mining Limited (WML) where he had a diverse range of responsibilities including all aspects of the surface works of WML's North Goonyella 3.5 million tonne underground coal mine in the Bowen Basin,Queensland. He was also responsible for the design of the Coal Terminal and Rail Spur Lines at Jerry's Plains, which was conceived to handle the potential stockpiling and rail loadout of production from WML's United Colliery, and the adjoining Wambo and Lemington Mines.
While working for White Industries Australia, Mr Kidd was responsible for the design, management and budgetry control of key surface components of Coal India's new open-cut eight million tonne per year mine at Piparwar in India. During his employment as Manager with US company Roberts & Schaefer, Australia, Mr Kidd was involved in winning the design and management of the Mount Arthur North Project for BHP Billiton. In an earlier period at Simon Carves, Australia he was involved in the design and construction of the Ulan Coal Preparation Plant (now Xstrata-owned).
Project Manager
(Northern Region)
Mr Chris Burgess
Mr Burgess has 30 years' experience working in and around the Gunnedah coalfields. He has extensive mining experience, ranging from his earlier employment in surveying and coal mining to his senior roles as Production Manager at the Gunnedah and Glennies Creek Collieries. He was also Area Manager, Whitehaven Coal Operations, for seven years.
He has over 12 years' experience in the establishment and development of new mines, for example, at Glennies Creek (Underground), Brickworks Open Cut, Whitehaven Open Cut, Canyon Open Cut, Tarrawonga Open Cut, Narrabri Underground and Rocglen Open Cut.
Chris has a sound understanding of environmental requirements for the development of new mines and the ongoing monitoring and implementation needs of environmental management plans. He has comprehensive experience in the coal mining industry in and around Gunnedah, combined with local area knowledge from his long-term residency in the region.
He is an excellent communicator with a strong track record in effective liaison with mine stakeholders. His primary focus will be the Vickery South coal project.
Exploration Manager
Matt Morgan
BSc (Geology)
Mr Morgan has 15 years experience in coal, gold, antimony, and iron ore mining & exploration, both Open Cut and Underground. He has a diverse set of skills covering mine geology, quality control and mining engineering, and mine management roles.
His previous management experience includes Open Cut roles with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Theiss, and Underground Mine Manager for Mandalay Resources.
Project Manager
Mr Steve Harper
BE (Civil)
Mr Harper has 32 years experience in project and study management, design management and engineering design, in the field of building, infrastructure, mining, petrochemical, heavy industrial and process fields. His previous experience includes Engineering Manager for a recent major expansion at BHP's Mount Arthur North Mine, Study Manager for TOP Marua Wahau Coal Mine Development, Design Manager and Petrosea JO Representative for the EPC and Study Manager for CVRD's Belvedere Mine Development.
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