Board and
Management

Ed Mason is an experienced company director and corporate advisor, having held positions as Chairman, Director and Corporate Advisor to a number of listed ASX companies. This includes Non-Executive Chairman of Auroch Minerals, Non-Executive Director of Blackspur Oil & Gas and Managing Director at HSBC, Renaissance Capital and Royal Bank of Canada.

Ed is currently Founder and Corporate Advisor for JE Capital, and Founder and Managing Director of Jet Zero Australia. He is also a member of Bioenergy Australia and the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance of Australia & New Zealand. Ed has a Bachelor of Engineering & Computing (Hons) from Monash University and is a Graduate in Corporate Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.

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.

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.

Miles Guy was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in 2009 and Company Secretary in 2010. He is a qualified accountant with more than 20 years’ experience in both senior commercial and public practice roles. Through these roles, Miles has gained extensive experience in finance, capital markets and corporate advisory, with exposure to a range of industries including mining, construction and financial services. Miles has held a number of Company Secretary positions for both listed and unlisted companies.

Miles holds a Master of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance. He is a member of the Institute of Public Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.