Adrian Black

Adrian was appointed Director on 28 April 2009. He came to Australia in 1995 after successfully leading a small mining exploration team that discovered additional resources to the Tara underground mine in Ireland, adding in excess of 10 years mine life to Tara. After working in the Pilbara on the Panorama Zn – Cu Project, a joint-venture between Outokumpu and Sipa, Adrian worked at Forrestania and in the Kalgoorlie region mainly in the Black Swan area. In 1999 he formed the service company Newexco Services Pty Ltd with Bill Amann. Newexco was successful in discovering the T1 and T5 nickel sulphide deposits at Flying Fox for Western Areas in 2003 – 2004 and the Spotted Quoll nickel deposit in 2007. Adrian is a principal of Newexco Services Pty Ltd and brings considerable exploration experience to the Board.