Directors and Management

Jeff Elliott

BSc. (Geology), MAIG, FAusIMM, MAICD, AFAIM

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Elliott has more than 30 years’ experience in the mining industry across exploration, project assessment, technical valuations, independent reporting and corporate advice. He also has strong financial, business management, communication, and strategy development and implementation skills.

Mr Elliott is the former Managing Director of CSA Global, a position he held since 2007 and finalised in late 2020 after completing a sale of the business to leading sustainability firm ERM. He is a Non-Executive Director of Southern Geoscience Consultants Pty Ltd, a leading Australian geophysics consulting firm based in Perth, Western Australia. He is also a co-founding Director and shareholder of successful private companies Ausino Drilling Services Pty Ltd, CorePlan and Ever Nimble Pty Ltd that service the mining industry via drilling, software and IT offerings, and industrial minerals explorer Thessally Resources Pty Ltd.

Mr Elliott has a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from Curtin University. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), and a member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management.

Fiona Van Maanen

Non-Executive Director

Mrs Van Maanen has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, financial management, corporate governance, M&A transactions and project development in the mining and resources industry.

Mrs Van Maanen is the former CFO and Company Secretary of Metals X Limited. She is a Non-Executive Director of Westgold Resources Limited and Pantoro Limited.

Mrs Van Maanen is a Certified Practicing Accountant, has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Degree from Curtin University and a Graduate Diploma in Company Secretarial Practice.

Mrs Van Maanen is the Chair of the company’s Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Ajanth (AJ) Saverimutto

BE.Hons (Mining), BBus (Accounting)

Managing Director

Mr Saverimutto is a well-respected mining engineer with more than 25 years of Australian and International mining experience and a proven senior level executive whose career has included a balance of corporate and operational roles. Mr Saverimutto has a proven track record of delivering results, driving change, achieving the highest safety, environmental, and governance standards. He also has extensive experience in due diligence, M&A, resource assessment and business improvement.

Mr Saverimutto is currently Chief Executive Officer of Cherish Metals Pty Ltd and has previously held roles as Managing Director at Venturex Resources Ltd (ASX:VXR) and was a founding Managing Director of Salt Lake Mining Pty Ltd (now Karora Resources, TSX:KRR). Mr Saverimutto is also a Non-Executive director of ASX listed Grange Resources Ltd (ASX:GRR).

Mr Saverimutto’s operational experience includes Mining Manager at Freeport McMoran’s Grasberg Copper Gold Operations and Mining Manager at BHP’s Nickel Operations.

Mr Saverimutto has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Hons from the Western Australian School of Mines (W.A.S.M); and a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Edith Cowan University. He holds a First Class Mine Managers Certificate.

Matthew Banks

Executive Director

Mr Banks has nearly two decades experience specialising in marketing and public relations and more recently in finance. During that time, he has developed strong relationships with a number of leading public and private companies as well as high net worth individuals from across a number of industries. He is also a partner in an advisory firm that recapitalised Spectrum Metals Ltd (ASX:SPX) in 2017.

Mr Banks is a founder and Non-Executive Director of gold and base metal explorer Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX: RTR) and was a past Non-Executive director of HitIQ Ltd, a concussion technology company, helping the company to IPO in 2021.

Sam Ekins

BSc.Hons. (Geology), MMinEng (Geomechanics), MAusIMM

Technical Director

Mr Ekins is a geologist with more than 15 years of experience in technical and leadership roles in greenfields and brownfields gold and base-metal exploration, as well as global upstream oil and gas consulting. His experience includes working as a Senior Geologist at Gold Fields Ltd’s (NYSE & JSE: GFI) St Ives Mine in Kambalda WA; Superintendent of Exploration at Evolution Mining Ltd’s (ASX: EVN) Mungari Operations, Kalgoorlie WA, which included Evolutions’ Leadership Gold Programme; and as Exploration Manager at Prodigy Gold NL (ASX:PRX).

Mr Ekins has a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geology from the University of Tasmania Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES) and a Master of Mining Engineering specialising in Geomechanics from the University of New South Wales. He is a member of the AusIMM.

Tim Manners

BBus (Accounting), FCA, AGIA, MAICD

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Manners is a finance professional with more than 20 years experience in accounting, corporate finance and financial management functions in the resources industry. Mr Manners has been involved in exploration, developing and producing companies both in Australia and overseas.

Mr Manners has held the senior financial position in companies within the precious, base and bulk commodities sectors, including Gold Road Resources Ltd, Phoenix Gold Ltd, Bathurst Resources Ltd, Perilya Ltd and Ramelius Resources Limited. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

James Bahen

BComm. (Accounting & Finance), Grad. Dip. Applied Finance, GIA

Company Secretary

Mr Bahen is a Corporate Advisory Executive and Chartered Secretary who commenced his career in audit and assurance with a chartered accounting firm.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary to a number of ASX listed companies and has a broad range of corporate governance and capital markets experience, having been involved with public company listings, M&A transactions and capital raisings for ASX-listed companies across the resource industry.

Mr Bahen is a Member of the Governance Institute of Australia and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Accounting and Finance.

Torrin Rowe

BSc (Geology), GAIG

Geology Manager

Mr Rowe is a geologist and has worked in both private and public sectors. He has held senior roles with Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN), including within the business development team and established and lead the exploration team for its Cue JV with Musgrave Minerals Ltd (ASX:MGV). He was recognised as achieving the best exploration gold intercept for the Australian Gold Industry in 2018 of 7m at 140 g/t Au and was awarded the IMDEX industry award for best exploration geologist of 2018. Mr Rowe has worked across multiple jurisdictions with experience setting up exploration projects in Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia where prospective projects were quickly advanced from Greenfields stage to resource-level assets.

Mr Rowe has a Bachelor degree in Geology from the University of Western Australia and is currently completing a Master’s degree in Economic Geology at the University of Tasmania Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), with a thesis focus that will research LCT mineralisation in the Pilbara.

Melissa McClelland

BSc (Geology), GAIG

Exploration Manager

Ms. McClelland is a geologist with more than a decade of experience. She began her career with Newmont Mining Corp, before transitioning into the dynamic field of lithium exploration.

Ms. McClelland joined Kidman Resources at the world-class Mt. Holland Lithium project in late 2016, shortly after the initial discovery hole. Melissa played a pivotal role in leading the exploration team and coordinating on-site operations, contributing to the growth of the discovery to 189Mt @ 1.5% Li₂O. Melissa took on a similar role at Covalent Lithium, a joint venture between Wesfarmers and SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera), following Wesfarmers’ acquisition of Kidman.

Ms. McClelland was most recently the Exploration Manager – Lithium at Forrestania Resources, where she was responsible for designing and executing the company’s lithium exploration strategy. Her systematic exploration of undercover terrain resulted in the discovery of several previously unknown pegmatites, one of which contained spodumene.

Ms. McClelland’s extensive understanding of LCT pegmatites and lithium exploration makes her a valuable asset to the Wildcat Resources team.