Directors and Management

 

The board of Bass Metals Ltd knows the Minerals Industry. 
It's objective is to create and sustain a new minerals business through exploration and acquisition.

Boyer Mr Don Boyer - Non-executive Chairman
BSc (Hons), CP Geo, FAIMM, MAIG, MAICD
Appointed - 2 August 2004

Mr Boyer is a consultant geologist and resource company director with over 40 years experience in gold and base metal exploration and the management of resource projects in Australia and overseas.  His experience ranges from project acquisition through discovery to production, and he has been instrumental in the listing of a number of successful junior exploration companies.

Mr Boyer has held a number of executive and non-executive director positions over the past 15 years and is currently non-executive Chairman of Midas Resources Ltd.

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Mr Mike Rosenstreich - Managing Director
BSc (Hons), MMEE, MAIMM
Appointed - 15 December 2004

Mr Rosenstreich has a strong combination of technical and commercial skills gained over the past 20 years in the banking and mining sectors. He is a geologist with 12 years of experience gained in both exploration and mining roles including senior management positions with companies including Homestake Mining, Dominion Mining and Consolidated Gold.

Since then he was a senior member of the Rothschild resource finance team where he was involved in domestic and offshore project and corporate financings covering a range of commodity types. He left Rothschild in late 2002 to become involved with several junior and start-up resources companies in management, corporate advisory and technical consulting roles, which led to this fulltime position with BSM.

Graduating in 1984 from Otago University (NZ) with an Honours degree in Geology, he went on to complete a Masters of Mineral and Energy Economics at Macquarie University in 1996. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).

McGown Mr Craig McGown - Non-executive Director
B. Comm, FCA, ASIA
Appointed - 7 July 2004

Mr McGown has more than 35 years experience in corporate finance, covering mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings in both domestic and international financial markets, asset acquisitions and asset disposals, initial public offerings and corporate restructurings.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an Affiliate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Mr McGown has significant experience with capital raisings in both domestic and foreign financial markets and has been involved in a number of successful capital raising transactions. Mr McGown has also served on the Boards of a number of listed and unlisted companies including Resource Finance Corporation Limited as an executive director and as the executive chairman of DJ Carmichael Pty Limited.

Mr McGown currently serves on the Board of the following public company's - Entek Energy Ltd (Non –executive Chairman), Pioneer Resources Limited (Non-executive Chairman) and Peel Exploration Limited (Non-executive Director).
susan hunter Mr Tony Treasure - Non-executive Director
BSc (Hons), MAusIMM
Appointed – 2 December 2008

Mr Treasure is a geologist by profession who has been actively involved in the resource and metal recovery industry for over 34 years, holding senior executive positions with a number of publicly listed companies in the process metallurgy and mining fields. 

Mr Treasure has extensive experience in corporate management, technology development, project evaluation and development.  He is currently a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Metals Finance Corp. a company of which he was a founding director and primary architect of its business plan.

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Ms Susan Hunter - Company Secretary
BCom, ACA, FFSIA (Dip), MAICD (Dip), ACIS (Dip)
Appointed – 28 September 2006

Ms Hunter has over 16 years experience in the corporate finance industry.  She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia majoring in accounting and finance, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is owner and Managing Director of consulting firm Hunter Corporate Pty Ltd.

Ms Hunter is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and Chartered Secretaries Australia and she is currently Company Secretary for four Australian Stock Exchange listed companies.

Mr Tony Brazier – Chief Financial Officer

Mr Brazier is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He has over 15 years’ international experience in resources, commerce and public practice.  He has extensive experience in oil and gas, technology, and manufacturing industries.

Mr Victor Rajasooriar – Chief Operating Officer
BEng (Mining), Member AusIMM
Commenced – 11 October 2010

Mr Rajasooriar is a Mining Engineer with over 15 years experience in underground and open pit mining operations with experience gained in various commodities and different countries. Prior to joining Bass Metals Ltd he was the Mining Operations Manager for Gold Fields Ltd, overseeing the Agnew Operations, and prior to that has held Senior Management roles with Grange Resources Ltd (in Tasmania), and Newmont Mining Ltd (in Australia and Canada). Mr. Rajasooriar has had extensive experience in Operations and technical management, feasibility studies, mine constructions, mergers and acquisition studies and continuous improvement
 
 

Mr Kim Denwer – Exploration Manager
Bsc (Hons) M.Econ.Geol
Commenced – 28 August 2008

Kim Denwer is a Tasmanian Geologist with 24 years experience in exploration for and researching of a variety of commodities and mineralisation styles in a range of countries and environments. However, his strong suite is his knowledge and understanding of VHMS deposits predominantly in Tasmania but also overseas. He has worked on the Mt Lyell, Rosebery, Henty, Hellyer and Que River systems.
 
Kim holds a Master of Economic Geology and a first Class Honours degree, both awarded from the University of Tasmania. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geologists.
  Mr Richard Holder – General Manager – Tasmanian Operations
BE(Hons) Metallurgy,  FAusIMM(CP),  Dip.Bus.Man,  Dip.OHS, GAICD
Commenced – 10th October 2011

Richard is a chartered professional minerals engineer with business and OHS qualifications, he has 22 years mining experience in Australia and PNG, with the last 5 years in general manager roles.
Ben Reimers – Plant Manager - Tasmania
Commenced - 25  October 2010

Ben Reimers is a qualified metallurgist with over ten years experience having worked with Copper/Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Uranium, Tin, Gold and Talc.  Ben has performed a variety of metallurgy and technical roles throughout his career including design, project development and operational management roles at superintendent and manager level as well as responsibility for quality and logistics functions. 

Mancala Mining Pty – Que River Project and Hellyer Mine Manager

Mancala Mining is a privately owned specialist mine contracting company whose principals have significant operational and mining expertise in Tasmania, including senior roles with Aberfoyle Resources Ltd at the Hellyer and Que River mines now owned by Bass Metals.

Mancala Mining

From left to right Nick Van der Hout, Que River Mine Engineer, Tim Akerman, Mancala Director/Que River Project Manager and Bill Lannen, Mancala Director.

 

Latest News

Wednesday 1st February 2012
December 2011 Quarterly Report of Activities and Cash Flow
Wednesday 25th January 2012
Operations Update and Outlook
Friday 9th December 2011
Bass Metals Confirms Commercial Robustness of Hellyer Gold Project (HGP)

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