Company Vision : “Lindian Resources will be an engaging, ethical, and conscientious producer of strategic mineral commodities that empower technology to enable energy efficiency.”
DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT
Mr Asimwe Kabunga
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Mr Kabunga is a Tanzanian born Australian entrepreneur who holds a Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Physics and has extensive technical and commercial experience in Tanzania, Australia, and the United States.
Mr Kabunga has extensive experience in the mining industry, logistics, land access, tenure negotiation and acquisition, as well as a developer of technology businesses.
Mr Kabunga has been instrumental in establishing the Tanzanian Community of Western Australia Inc., and served as its first President. He was also a founding member of Rafiki Surgical Missions and Safina Foundation, both NGO’s dedicated to helping children in Tanzania.
Mr Kabunga also serves as a Non-Executive Chairman of Volt Resources Limited (ASX: VRC) and Executive Chairman of Resource Mining Corporation (ASX:RMI).
Mr alistair stephens
chief executive officer
Mr Stephens is a specialist in the critical and strategic commodities sector, with emphasis on rare earths and rare metals, having worked in this area for 20 years.
He has 35 years’ operational experience in the mining industry with roles in mine geology, mine planning, metallurgy, advanced processing, marketing and logistics. He has extensive hands-on experience in feasibility studies and, as Managing Director of Arafura Resources (to 2010), played an instrumental role in the development of the Nolan’s Bore Rare Earth Project that took the company from an early-stage exploration group with a market capitalisation of $4m to $400M. Mr Stephens recently delivered the outcomes of a feasibility study for the Kanyika Niobium Project in Malawi where he managed the project for 9 years.
Mr Stephens has been engaged in board roles for over 18 years and has a solid understanding of corporate governance. He brings to the Company a comprehensive and extensive understanding that is unique in the specialty commodity sector, and an advanced strategic tactical perspective to project development and operational implementation.
MR Trevor Matthews
Executive Director
Trevor Matthews has over 35 years’ experience in the resources industry, where he has specialised in managing nascent greenfields mining and mineral processing projects through to production.
His career experience includes senior executive roles at large diversified mining groups (North and WMC Resources) and most recently he was Managing Director/CEO of ASX-listed Volt Resources Limited for a six-year term. Previously he held the role of Managing Director at MZI Resources (2012-16), advancing the $110 million Keysbrook mineral sands project from feasibility study stage through to production, and Murchison Metals (2005-12), developing an operating iron ore mine and associated logistics infrastructure in WA’s Midwest as part of a larger JV with Mitsubishi Corporation to develop a large-scale iron ore mine and the multi-user Oakajee Port and Rail infrastructure project.
Mr Matthews is currently Chairman of Victory Metals Limited (ASX:VTM), non-executive director of Resource Mining Corporation Limited (ASX:RMI) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Western Australia and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. As an Executive Director, Trevor’s financial, commercial and project development skills will help specifically with managing project development costs and negotiating contracts for services and offtake agreements which are now taking priority.
MR giacomo (jack) fazio
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (INDEPENDENT)
Mr Fazio is a highly experienced project, construction and contract/commercial management professional having held senior project management roles with Primero Group Limited, Laing O’Rourke and Forge Group Ltd and is currently a Non-executive Director of ASX listed Volt Resources Ltd.
His experience ranges from feasibility studies through to engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of diverse mining resources, infrastructure, oil & gas and energy projects.
MR YVES OCCELLO
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (INDEPENDENT)
Mr Occello is a 45-year veteran of the bauxite and alumina industry having been COO of Pechiney’s Bauxite and Alumina Division and Director of Technical Projects at Alcan and Rio Tinto Alcan. He has held board positions at a number of significant companies, including Compagnie de Bauxite de Guinee, (“CBG”), a conglomerate bauxite project and Guinea’s largest bauxite producer for the past 30 years, Alufer Mining, the first junior miner to construct and commence bauxite operations in Guinea, and Aluminium of Greece, one of Europe’s largest alumina refinery and aluminium smelting complexes.
Further, Mr. Occello’s knowledge and expertise is well recognised within China’s bauxite and alumina industry and he is an Honorary Director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Mr. Occello has many years of practical, hands-on experience across the aluminium value chain from understanding bauxite resources and their specific chemical and mineralogical composition, through to the intricate technical requirements of alumina refining.
MR Alwyn Vorster
Non-Executive Director (INDEPENDENT)
Alwyn Vorster is a thirty-year veteran of the mining industry and has a proven track record of leading companies through all phases of the mining value chain from exploration, project studies, approvals, development, infrastructure access, corporate transactions, to sales and shipping. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Geology, an MBA and a Master of Science (Mineral Economics).
Most recently, Alwyn was Interim CEO at rare earths company Hastings Technology Metals Limited (ASX:HAS), where he participated in offtake and investment discussions with international rare earths traders and magnet companies, settled a new fixed price construction model for a staged development and established a high quality delivery team. He was previously Managing Director at iron ore/potash company BCI Minerals Limited (ASX:BCI) for 6-years, where he led the company from Mardie Project concept to feasibility to $1B funding and into construction. Alwyn’s other CEO roles include Iron Ore Holdings Ltd, API Management JV and Oakajee Port and Rail JV (acting). His ASX non-executive director roles over the past 5-years include Volt Resources Ltd (graphite in Tanzania), ChemX Materials Ltd (manganese in Australia), Arrow Minerals (iron ore in Guinea). Alwyn’s primary focus at Lindian will be to leverage his rare earths, offtake, infrastructure access and project development experience to provide strategic advice in support of project activities in Malawi and Guinea.
MR PARK (ZULIANG) WEI
Non-Executive Director (INDEPENDENT)
Park Wei is a Chinese born Australian entrepreneur with multiple investments in the property, mining and finance sectors in Australia and other international markets. In 1994, he founded Top Pacific Group, which is today a diversified property group engaged in property development, construction, property financing, sales and strata management.
Since 2019, he has been the Chairman and major shareholder of wholesale fund manager PAN Australia Fund Management Pty Ltd (PAFM), formerly Boill Fund Management Pty Ltd. He successfully helped fund Jatcorp Limited (ASX: JAT) and its acquisition of Australian dairy company ANMA. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Nanjing University, one of China’s top five universities.
MR MICHAEL FRY
JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY
Mr Fry has over 30 years’ experience in the corporate finance industry and extensive experience in Company Secretarial, Chief Financial Officer and Director roles with ASX listed companies. Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is currently Company Secretary of a number of ASX listed companies.
MR BRETT TUCKER
JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY
Mr Tucker holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and has completed the Chartered Accountant program. With over 10 years’ experience in governance and equity capital markets, he has been a company secretary for numerous ASX listed and unlisted public & private companies across a range of industries, including mineral exploration.
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
Lindian Resources Limited (“the Company”) has adopted Corporate Governance policies which form the basis of a comprehensive system of control and accountability for the administration of corporate governance. The Board is committed to administering the policies and procedures with openness and integrity, pursuing the true spirit of corporate governance commensurate with the Company’s needs.
To the extent they are applicable to the Company, the Board has adopted the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations 4th Edition.
The Company’s Corporate Governance Policies and Procedures and the last Corporate Governance Statement are included below.