Management
Mr Ian Mulholland (appointed Managing Director 27/11/2003 - B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. FAusIMM, FAIG, FSEG, MAICD
Mr Mulholland is a geologist with over 25 years broad experience in the exploration and mining industry in a number of commodity groups including gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel and kaolin. He has been Managing Director of Rox Resources since it’s inception, and prior to that he managed activities from grass roots exploration to advanced resource definition, feasibility studies and mining operations for a number of major, medium sized and junior companies including WMC, Esso, Otter Gold, Aurora Gold, Anaconda Nickel, Archaean Gold, Summit Resources and Conquest Mining. His strength is in bringing resources to economic fruition and his experience is particularly appropriate for his role with Rox.
Mr Mulholland has been involved in the Nimbus silver-zinc project, the Mt Martin, Mt Muro, Toka Tindung, Tanami and Mt Carlton gold-silver projects, the Murrin Murrin, Weld Range, Marshall Pool, Lawlers and Cawse nickel projects, the Valhalla and Olympic Dam uranium projects, and the Mt Windsor VMS copper-lead-zinc projects.
Mr Mulholland has a B.Sc. (Hons), Geology from the University of Sydney and a M.Sc. in Exploration and Mining Geology from the James Cook University of North Queensland. He is a Fellow of the AusIMM, the AIG, and the Society of Economic Geologists.
Mr Jeff Gresham (appointed Non-Executive Chairman 1/10/2006 - B.Sc. (Hons), MAusIMM, MGSA, MAICD
Mr Gresham is a geologist with a distinguished industry career of varied exploration, operational and corporate experience both in Australia and internationally spanning 39 years. Mr Gresham is also a non-executive director of Breakaway Resources.
Previously he was Managing Director of Titan Resources, an active nickel explorer in Western Australia, and roles prior to that have included Managing Director of gold miner Wiluna Mines Limited, General Manager – Exploration for Homestake Gold of Australia, and several senior executive roles with Western Mining Corporation (WMC) including Chief Geologist of the Kambalda Nickel Operations, and Executive Vice President Exploration for WMC’s Canadian subsidiary Westminster Canada Ltd.
Mr Gresham’s extensive professional experience covers numerous mineral deposit types and he has authored a number of professional papers on the Kambalda nickel deposits and the Olympic Dam copper-uranium deposit, and has a B.Sc (Hons) degree from the Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
Mr Michael Blakiston(appointed Non-Executive Director 27/11/2003) - B.Juris. LLB
Mr Blakiston is a practicing solicitor with legal experience in the resources sector, and holds the degrees of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia and is a partner of the corporate and resource law firm, Blakiston & Crabb. Mr Blakiston has been practicing law for over 25 years.
Mr Blakiston is also a director of Platinum Australia Ltd, Vulcan Resources Limited and Aurora Oil & Gas Limited. During the last three years he has also served on the boards of Black Range Minerals Limited, GFB Ltd, Colltech Australia Limited and Australian Development Capital Ltd.
Mr Blakiston has extensive commercial experience both in advisory and directorial capacities having been involved in project assessment, structuring and financing, joint ventures and strategic alliances in the resource industry. In addition, Mr Blakiston has experience in initial public offerings, takeovers and mergers, corporate and project fundraisings (either with debt or equity), construction, offtake and sales contracts.
COMPANY SECRETARY AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Mr Brett Dickson - B.Bus, CPA
Mr Dickson has over 20 years experience in the financial management of companies, principally companies in early stage development of its resource or production, and offers broad financial management skills. He has been Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a number of successful resource companies listed on the ASX, and in addition to Rox Resources currently also acts as Company Secretary and CFO for Azure Minerals Limited.
He has had close involvement with the financing and development of a number of Greenfield resources in the oil and gas and mineral sectors. Mr Dickson is a Certified Practising Accountant with a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Finance from Curtin University.