MR BILL CLOUGH BSc(Geol), BComm(Hons)

Chairman

Bill has many years experience in mining, engineering and logistics businesses, with a more recent focus upon resource opportunities in developing countries. Since 1999, Bill has pursued mining projects in Brazil, and was the founding investor and current Director of AIM listed Serabi Mining plc.  Also in Brazil, Bill founded Comomi Iron Mineracao, which is currently exploring for iron ore in a private partnership with Vale. Bill is also the founder of Twiniza Oil Ltd, which has oil and gas interests in Thailand, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia. Bill identified and negotiated the acquisition of the Mirabela Project and intends to identify further base metal projects suitable for acquisition by the Company.

MR NICK POLL BSc (Hons), MSc (Geology), Msc (Business), MAusIMM 

Managing Director

Nick is a geologist with over ten years experience in the technical and business development of mining projects internationally. He has previously worked for WMC Resources on its Kambalda nickel projects and on resource projects in Brazil and French Guiana. His involvement with WMC's Brazilian operations over a period of 5 years gives him a strong background in exploration and mining operations within the country. In addition, Nick has experience in start-up resource projects overseas; having set up and managed WMC's gold exploration project in French Guiana. He is a fluent speaker of Portuguese and French. Nick holds an MSc from the Colorado School of Mines and an MSc in business from the Sloan Program, London Business School. He worked as a management consultant and corporate development expert in The City of London for several years before joining Mirabela.

MR CRAIG BURTON BJuris, LLB, MAICD 
Corporate Director

Craig is an experienced and active investor in start-up projects and businesses, both public listed and private, with a focus on the resources, oil and gas, mining services and agribusiness sectors. He oftem takes and executive or non-executive director role to assist the early development of such companies.

 Craig is currently an executive director of Mirabela Nickel Ltd and a non-executive director of Wildhorse Energy Limited, Matra Petroleum plc, Exco Resources Ltd, Solimar Energy Limited, Rewards Group Limited and Capital Drilling Limited.  He is a co-founder of three ASX 300 companies – Mirabela Nickel Limited, Albidon Limited and Panoramic Resources Limited.  He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Australia and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

MR JOSEPH HAMILTON P.Geo, Chartered Financial Analyst

Non Executive Director

 

Joseph Hamilton graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geology. He then went on to earn a Masters of Science (Applied) from Queen's University in 1991. He has over 23 years' experience in the international mining industry. Joseph Hamilton was employed as a precious metals research analyst with Dundee Securities Corporation from June 1997 to March 2003. He then held a similar position with RBC Capital Markets, Global Mining Division from March 2003 to December 2004. He became the Chief Operating Officer of the Company in January 2005 and was promoted to the CEO role in 2007. He is currently a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan, Canada and the CFA Institute.

MR NICHOLAS SHEARD

Non Executive Director

 

Mr. Sheard has a long history of involvement in nickel sulphide exploration and development. Until recently, Mr. Sheard was the Vice President, Exploration of Inco. Based in Toronto Mr. Sheard managed an exploration team of 250 people with nine offices and 11 mines worldwide. Under Mr. Sheard’s leadership, the Inco team discovered the Reid Brook nickel sulphide deposit in Labrador, Canada. Prior to joining Inco, Mr. Sheard held various senior management positions with MIM Exploration Pty Ltd. in Australia from 1990 to 2003, including General Manager of Worldwide Exploration and Chief Geophysicist. Mr. Sheard is also Chairman and Managing Director of Carpentaria Exploration Limited. He is a member of ASEG and AIG and is Registered Professional Geoscientist – Mineral Exploration and Geophysics.

MR STEPHEN HILLS B.Com, B.Compt (Hons), CA
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary

Stephen joined Mirabela as CFO in June 2006, having served for the previous three years as CFO of Gallery Gold Limited, an ASX listed company which bought the Mupane Gold Project into production in Botswana in 2004. Prior to that his commercial experience included senior financial roles in mining and related services companies, including 6 years as the CFO of Scientific Services Limited, an international provider of analytical services and down-hole drilling products primarily to the mining and oil & gas extractive industries. In these roles he had significant involvement in strategic planning processes and corporate development activities in Australia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Tanzania, Ghana, Mali & South Africa. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, having originally obtained that designation in South Africa prior to emigrating to Australia in 1988.

MR PAULO OLIVA

Country Manager

Mr. Oliva is a geologist with approximately 30 years of experience in the Brazil mining industry. Prior to Mirabela, Mr. Oliva was employed by WMC Resources Ltd. for 13 years and prior to that Mr. Oliva acted as a mining consultant to various companies. Mr. Oliva has played an important role in establishing Mirabela in Brazil since inception and is currently responsible for Mirabela Brazil's permitting process. Mr. Oliva is the Company's Brazilian country manager.

MR DAVID CHAPMAN
Operations Manager

Mr. Chapman is a geologist with over 23 years' experience in the technical evaluation and management of exploration of nickel and gold resource projects. Mr. Chapman's experience as Exploration Manager in Brazil for WMC Resources Limited for nine years provides him with experience and an excellent working knowledge of the mining industry in Brazil. Mr. Chapman was previously employed as the Geology Manager of WMC Resources Limited's Nickel Division and was involved with WMC Resources Limited's Mt. Keith and Yakabindie deposits in Western Australia.