Senior Management
Mark Ashley - CEO and Managing Director
FCMA
Mark Ashley is the Managing Director of Apex Minerals NL. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years experience in the resources industry.
In 1992, Mark joined Forrestania Gold – which was subsequently acquired by LionOre in 1994 and was with the company through its emergence as a growing international nickel producer up until 31st March, 2006. Mark who was a main board Director and CEO of its Australian operations, left LionOre at that time to run Apex Minerals.
Mark was the founding CEO of Kagara Limited (as a public listed company) and is currently one of its Non-Executive Directors. Mark is also a Non-Executive Director of Metallica Minerals Limited, an ASX listed company. Mark is a Member of Council at the Curtin University of Technology and is a member of the university's Finance Committee. He has also served as Chairman of the Major Gifts Committee for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and is currently one of its Non-Executive Directors. He has also acted as Director of the Australian Gold Council.
Mark has international resource experience having worked in South America, Africa, the United Kingdom, China and now Australia.
Dr Mark Bennett - Exploration Director
BSc PhD MAusIMM FGS
Dr Mark Bennett is a geologist with over 21 years' experience, predominantly in gold, nickel and base metal exploration and mining. He holds a BSc in Mining Geology from the University of Leicester and a PhD from the University of Leeds and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and an elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
Mark has worked in Europe, West Africa, and Australia during his career spent predominantly working for WMC Resources and LionOre Mining International's Australian operations. His previous positions include Exploration Manager and Chief Geologist, including periods at WMC's Kambalda Nickel Operations, Gold Fields' St.Ives Gold Mines, Forrestania Gold's Bounty Gold Mine, and WMC's Melbourne Head Office.
In 2002, Mark received the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) Prospector of the Year Award in recognition of his contribution to the discovery of the Thunderbox Gold Mine and the Waterloo nickel deposit.
Glenn Jardine - Director Operations
BEng FAusIMM
Mr Glenn Jardine has over 20 years experience in the mining industry and was most recently succeeded Mark Ashley as Managing Director of LionOre Mining International's Australian operations, where he also held roles including Chief Operating Officer and prior to that, General Manager, New Business and Project Manager. During his time with LionOre Australia, Mr Jardine oversaw the successful development of the Emily Ann, Maggie Hays and Waterloo nickel mines, leading teams whose work was subsequently recognised by the achievement of two separate major environmental awards.
Glenn graduated with a BE Mining from the University of Queensland in 1984 and is a member of the Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Aus IMM.
Grant Brock – Chief Operations Officer
BAppSC(Min) F AusImm
Grant Brock is a mining engineer with over 30 years experience in the Australian mining industry and business training from Harvard University. He has been involved in mining operations in Western Australia in iron ore, gold, and industrial minerals and base metals in Broken Hill, Tasmania and Queensland. He has held senior managerial positions in operations, acquisitions and project development for CRA Limited, Aberfoyle Limited, Western Metals Limited and Sons of Gwalia Limited. His experience also includes the evaluation of base metal projects in Europe and South America and the development of new technologies in metal production.
He has recently joined Allied Gold Limited as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director to manage the construction, commissioning and transition to gold producer for the Simberi Oxide Gold project located in the Tabar Islands of Papua New Guinea.
Anna Neuling – Chief Financial Officer
BSc ACA(ICAEW)
Anna is a Chartered Accountant (UK) and joined Apex in July 2007, having previously gained several years mining company experience in senior financial roles both within industry and in professional practice. Prior to joining the company she held roles with LionOre Australia and prior to that with Deloitte (in London and Perth). Anna has a degree in Mathematics from Newcastle University in the UK and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Will Dix - Exploration Manager
BSc MSc MAusIMM
Mr Will Dix is a geologist with 12 years experience in gold, nickel and base metal exploration and mining. He was formerly Northeastern Goldfields Supervising Geologist for LionOre Australia and was a member of the team responsible for the discovery of the Waterloo and Amorac nickel sulphide deposits and the Thunderbox two million ounce gold deposit.
Andy Thompson - Geology Manager
BSc (Hons)
Mr Andy Thompson is a geologist with over 15 years experience in gold, nickel and base metal exploration and mining. Most recently he was the Geology Superintendent at the Silver Swan Nickel Mine. Andy was also a member of the team responsible for the discovery of both the Thunderbox Gold Mine, where he was Geology Manager, and the Waterloo and Amorac nickel sulphide deposits. Prior to this he was also employed at the Nimary and Yilgarn Star Mines.
Jeremy Robinson - Business Analyst
BCom
Mr Jeremy Robinson is a business analyst who has previously worked as resource analyst at a leading Sydney stockbroking firm for a number of years where he was involved in the evaluation and financing of resource projects.
