Martin Blakeman

Martin Blakeman was as a founding director of Harmark (the founder and former controlling shareholder of Forrestania Gold NL, one of Australia’s more successful resource investment companies of the time), and Kagara (now Kagara Zinc). He retired from Harmark and Kagara in 1999 after 16 years of continuous service.

Mr Blakeman promoted, and was appointed to the board, as a founding director of Metex Resources NL (now Carbon Energy) in September 1992. Over a 4-year period to June 1996, he was the manager of corporate at Metex, forming an integral part of that company’s executive management team. In 2003, Mr Blakeman incorporated and became a founding director of Mantle Mining Corporation. He has overseen the strategic decisions of the company including the acquisition of a substantial tenement package in the eastern highlands of Victoria and central north Queensland, and its successful 2006 listing on ASX. Mr Blakeman oversaw the acquisition of the Mt Mulligan project in 2007 and remains chair of the company.