Focus Minerals Ltd

 ASX:FML ISIN:AU000000FML4

Sep 3, 2010

 

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Focus Minerals Ltd Company Summary

 
 Focus Minerals Ltd (ASX:FML) is an Australian-based exploration and development group whose focus is to become a significant gold and nickel producer in the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie-Widgiemooltha region of Western Australia.

Focus Minerals is the largest landholder in the Coolgardie Gold Belt located in Western Australia, 560km east of Perth and 35km west of the 'Super Pit' in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. More than 2.6 million ounces of gold has been produced from the Coolgardie gold belt alone since 1892. Focus holds the mineral rights to more than 210sq km of tenements including an extensive inventory of Measured, Indicated and Inferred gold resources as well as the 1.2mtpa Three Mile Hill processing plant.
 

DIRECTORS / OFFICERS

 
Mr Donald Taig BCom, FAICD, FCPA
Executive Chairman
Don Taig is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants. He spent 11 years with CRA Ltd in various parts of its mining businesses and also with Metals Exploration Ltd. as a director. Mr. Taig has had senior management experience within the food industry as well with positions in Goodman Fielder, Bunge Industrial Limited and Chiquita Brands South Pacific. He has been Chairman of Prudential Investment Company of Australia Limited and a former director of Tolhurst Noall Group Limited, Clover Corporation Limited and Nu-Mega Ingredients P/L. He is currently a Director of Tongaat Hulett Starch (Australia) P/L.
Mr Chris Hendricks
Non-Executive Director
Mr Hendricks is an Associate Director of Azure Capital, and has considerable experience in corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets through various financing and corporate banking roles in both Australia and South Africa. Mr Hendricks is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Finsia Graduate and holds a Masters in Accountancy. Mr Hendricks has also provided assurance advisory services to a number of multinational companies.
Mr Phil Lockyer, FAusIMM
Non-Executive Director
Phil Lockyer is a mining engineer and metallurgist with more than 40 years’ technical and management experience in nickel and gold operations, both open cut and underground. He has operated his own mining consultancy business since 1999. His career includes 20 years with WMC Limited mining group in Kambalda in various roles including General Manager of Western Australian operations, plus a number of other senior positions including Business Development Manager for National Mine Management Pty Ltd, Director of Operations & Projections for Dominion Mining Ltd, and Director and General Manager of Operations for leading gold producer Resolute Ltd. Mr Lockyer is a non-executive Director of nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL and of zinc producer Perilya Ltd, and non-executive Chairman of metallurgical and mineral testing consultancy Ammtec Limited.
Mr K Jon Grygorcewicz CA, B Bus
Company Secretary
Mr Grygorcewicz was admitted as an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia during 1983. He gained diverse commercial experience within the audit and corporate advisory services divisions of Arthur Young Australia. He has also gained extensive experience within the resources and engineering industries, having been associated with a number of listed companies in both the exploration and mining of gold, diamonds and oil. Mr Grygorcewicz has also worked with a number of engineering and resource service companies with operations in Australia and South East Asia, particularly listing an Australian engineering group on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Mr Campbell Baird
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Baird has gained considerable management experience with companies such as WMC at Kambalda, Mt Morgans Gold Mine with Homestake, Northparkes and the Iron Ore Company of Canada with North Limited. More recently, he was General Manager - Operations for Vulcan Resources Limited and before joining Vulcan in 2005, was a senior consultant with well known mining consultants SRK Consulting for five years. Mr Baird holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of New South Wales as well as a Masters of International Finance from Curtin University, Western Australia. In addition, he holds a First Class Mine Managers Ticket, Western Australian Underground Shift Supervisors Ticket and is also a Member of AusIMM.
Mr Peter Williams MAusIMM
Chief Operating Officer
Peter Williams has extensive experience in mining and processing of ore in Australia and the Pacific, including having been Resident Manager at a number of mining operations including Peak Hill gold mine for North Limited, Bullabulling gold mine for Resolute Mining Ltd, and Jubilee gold mines for New Hampton Goldfields Ltd. He has also spent several years as General Manager Operations for Mineral Deposits Ltd at its Hawks Nest mineral sands mining and treatment operations.
 

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Company Headquarters Level 10 Exchange House 
    68 St Georges Terrace 
    Perth WA 6000  
    Australia 
Company Telephone +61 (0)8 9215 7888 
Company Fax +61 (0)8 9215 7889 
Company Principal Sector Materials 
Company Principal Industry Mining & Metals 
Company Homepage www.focusminerals.com.au
 

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