Friday, 26 April, 2013 - 13:53
Craig Dawson to lead Noble Mineral Resources
Gold miner Noble Mineral Resources has appointed former Sandfire Resources general manager Craig Dawson as its new chief executive.
Brian Thomas
Non-Executive Chair / Azure Minerals
Most Notable Role
Brian Thomas is a geologist and mineral economist with extensive experience as both an executive and non-executive director of small to mid market capitalisation public listed resources companies. He has over 35 years of mining and exploration industry experience in a broad range of commodities from precious and base metals, bulk and industrial minerals, diamonds, oil and gas.
Mr Thomas is the principal of a boutique corporate advisory practice, working with small to mid-market capitalisation companies and investor groups predominantly in the resources industry, overseeing market oriented technical reviews and advising on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and investor relations.
He was previously in a senior business development role with a major Australian bank sourcing energy and resources financing opportunities, which followed a period with a global investment banking group. This was preceded by a period as a corporate stockbroker with two major Australian based firms.
Mr Thomas graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Economic Geology, the University of Western Australia with an MBA, and the Securities Institute of Australia (now FinSIA) with a Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment.
