Board and
Management

Simon Kidston is an experienced company director with a track record of building successful companies in mining and renewable energy.  Simon was the founding director of Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX), one of the leading renewable energy companies listed on the ASX with more than $1 billion of assets in operation and construction. He is also a non-executive director of QC Copper and Gold Inc (TSXV: QCCU), Lithium Plus Minerals Limited (ASX: LPM) and Permagen Limited.

Prior to Genex Power Limited, Simon successfully established three ASX listed mining companies, Endocoal Limited (delisted following acquisition), Carabella Resources Limited (delisted following acquisition) and Estrella Resources Limited (ASX: ESR). Simon has an investment banking background with almost 30 years global experience with groups such as Macquarie Bank, HSBC and Helmsec Global Capital Limited. During this period, he assisted companies grow by accessing capital, negotiating strategic relationships and acquisitions. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Griffith University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Daniel Mamadou is the founder of Welsbach Holdings Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company which specialises in the financing and development of technology metals supply chains. He founded and was Managing Director of Talaxis Ltd (Noble Group’s technology metals division, in Hong Kong) from 2015 until 2020. During this period, he drove the development and growth acceleration of technology metals supply chains, gaining expertise across rare earths, lithium, cobalt, and graphite along with a range of other critical materials. He is also a Non-Executive Director of TSX-listed Medallion Resources Limited.

Prior to that, Daniel held various senior positions with Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Nomura, with more than two decades across EMEA and Asia-Pacific. He has established and nurtured relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers across the specialty metals sector. His global network includes upstream companies in Europe, America’s, Asia and Africa, and midstream in China, South Korea and Japan.

Sara Kelly has over 17 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and extensive experience in corporate governance, compliance and risk management. She has been involved in a broad range of cross-border and domestic transactions including capital raisings, asset acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and corporate restructures.

Sara is a Partner at Edwards Mac Scovell, boutique litigation, insolvency and corporate firm based in Perth, Western Australia. She is also a Non-Executive Chair of Midas Minerals Limited.

Mark has over 25 years of industry experience with a strong geological and technical background. He is an Honours BSc graduate in Geology from the University of Melbourne and received a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment through the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

Mark is presently CEO of Canadian-listed Medallion Resources Ltd, focused on the development of REE processing technologies; he is the CEO of Aguila Copper Corp a Canadian public company dedicated to copper exploration in North America. He is part time Executive Director of ACDC Metals Ltd (an unlisted mineral sands company) and Non-Executive Director of NorTech Strategic Minerals Ltd (an unlisted company).

Mr Xiaolei Guo completed a Bachelor of Law, majoring in law, at the China University of Political Science and Law and passed the Bar Examination in China.

Xiaolei commenced his career as a judge assistant in Tianjin Hexi District People’s Court in July 2004. From September 2007, Xiaolei joined King & Wood Mallesons in the securities department specialising in securities and investment services. He was extensively involved in IPOs, M&A bond issues bankruptcy and other corporate matters.

In early 2014, Xiaolei joined Shenghe Resources Holding Co., Ltd as the General Manger Assistant and Manager of the Investments and Development department.

Aris Stamoulis has has gained close to three decades of broad experience across corporate and structured finance, investment banking, consulting, risk management, resources, and energy. He has worked and built relationships in multiple jurisdictions in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He served as an Executive Director for Hastings Technology Metals Ltd, an ASX-listed rare earth developer company. More recently as a Managing Director at AWR Lloyd, a boutique consulting firm based across Southeast Asia, Aris and his team identified, researched and advised several clients on potential critical mineral acquisition targets. 

Aris was previously at Deutsche Bank in London and Singapore deployed in various roles, from fixed-income analyst, global markets risk manager and culminating in him heading up the structured credit trading desk responsible for pricing, risk management and trade execution in non-Japan Asia and Australia.