De Grey’s highly adept Senior Management team is responsible for leading the Company to achieve our ultimate objective of becoming a Tier 1 gold producer at Hemi.
Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
Chief SUSTAINABILITY & RISK OFFICER
General Manager people & capability
General Manager Exploration
General Manager Business Development
Managing Director
B.Eng (Mining), MACID, FAusIMM
Mr. Jardine is a senior mining executive with direct experience growing resource companies from early stage exploration through to multi-operation entities. This includes taking projects through feasibility studies, equity funding, debt financing, project development and operations.
Commodity experience includes precious metals, base metals and bulk commodities across underground and open pit operations. Processing methods utilised at these projects and operations include CIP/CIL, DMS, sulphide flotation, BIOX, pressure oxidation and SX/EW. Projects developed have received Australian State and Federal recognition for environmental best practice and health and safety and human resources systems.
Mr Jardine was appointed to the board on 11 May 2020.
Mr. Canterbury is an experienced mining executive and Certified Practicing Accountant with a broad skillset spanning financial and corporate management, accounting, project financing, feasibility studies, contract negotiation and mining operations. He has held senior roles within the mining industry for close to 20 years, including as CEO and CFO of several ASX-listed companies. His previous positions include Managing Director of Triton Minerals Ltd, CEO/Executive Director of Bauxite Resources Ltd and CFO and Acting CEO of Sundance Resources Ltd. Mr. Canterbury brings highly relevant financial expertise to support De Grey’s ambitions of becoming a Tier 1 gold producer from Hemi.
chief sustainability & risk officer
Neil brings extensive experience in both technical and sustainability disciplines. An Environmental Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer by qualification, Neil spent his early career in major consulting businesses where he serviced companies operating in mining, oil and gas and infrastructure. Neil recently held positions including the Group Head of Sustainability, Environment and Communities at Iluka Resources where he managed a team of over 30 people. Most recently Neil was the Group Head of Environment and Social at San Miguel Corporation developing a large scale airport project in the Philippines capital of Manilla.
GENERAL MANAGER PEOPLE & CAPABILITY
Ms. Morgan-Evans is a strategic human resources and industrial relations professional having spent more than a decade in the industry working with numerous leading mining and industrial businesses in Australia. Over the course of her career, Ms. Morgan-Evans’s roles have involved her having responsibility for the HR/IR functions overseeing multibillion-dollar development projects, involving thousands of employees and ensuring an alignment of HR plans and strategic business objectives.
General Manager
BSc (Hons), MEconGeol
Mr. Tornatora joins De Grey Mining with over 25 years of geological experience. He has had substantial Exploration Management experience; with over 4 years as General Manager of Exploration at Northern Star. During this time Northern Star advanced from a single mine operation to a multi-mine company producing around 500Koz gold per annum. Prior to this, Phil worked as Exploration and Geology Manager for Galaxy Resources, a prominent Australian lithium/tantalum producer. He has held senior Geology roles with major International gold producer AngloGold Ashanti and has had a range of experience from regional to near mine exploration and resource development roles.
Philip has a Bachelor of Science (Hons), Master of Economic Geology, and is a member of the AUSIMM and AIG. He has worked on numerous projects, both in Australia, Africa and SE Asia, with his extensive experience being a welcomed addition to the team at De Grey.
Manager, Business Development
BSc (Hons), MSc, FAusIMM, FAIG
Mr. Kneeshaw is a diversified exploration geologist with 26 years’ experience in gold, base metals and bulk commodities in Australia and China. He has held senior roles with major mining companies, including Head of Greenfields Exploration (Australia) for AngloGold Ashanti, Country Manager (Exploration – Australia) for Anglo American and Chief Geologist (China) for AngloGold Ashanti. Mr. Kneeshaw joined De Grey Mining as a consulting geologist in 2017.
General Manager Risk
John is a highly experienced risk and safety professional with diverse international experience across the mining, government and the not-for-profit sectors spanning over 40 years. Prior to joining De Grey Mining, he has held senior roles at the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Anglo American and in the ACT Government. John has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and is a past National President of the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
Joint Company Secretary
B.Bus ACIS
Mr. Nelmes is an Accountant with over 20 years experience in the mining sector in Australia and overseas. For the last 6 years he has worked with Corporate Consultants Pty Ltd, a company providing accounting, secretarial and administrative services to ASX and TSX listed entities.
Hemi Project Director
Mr Holmes is a highly experienced project development, operational readiness, and corporate mining executive with over 30 years’ experience in the gold mining industry including with Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) and prior to that with Placer Dome Asia Pacific (Placer). He has worked across
various jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, United States and South America.
Mr Holmes’ previous roles include Senior Director of Project Execution for Barrick where he oversaw approximately $9 billion in construction projects. The role encompassed the completion and handover of the Pueblo Viejo gold project, one of the world’s largest pressure oxidation (POx) plants, located in the Dominican Republic. Other previous roles include Senior Director – Construction and Corporate Manager – Projects for Barrick and Corporate Manager – Project Management for Placer. Mr Holmes has more recently worked as Studies Director for SolGold on its Cascabel project in Ecuador.
Mr Holmes holds tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering and Mineral Technology and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining (CIM), Project Management Institute (PMI) as well as the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International.