Directors
Bruce Tinney
Executive Director, Technical
Bruce is an experienced geologist and project manager with over 25 years broad investment and asset management experience working in private equity and capital markets in the natural resources industry.
Between 2010 and 2015 he was the Head of Mining Investments for Global PS Mining Investments Company Limited, a Dubai-based mining investment company, with an African exploration and development focus, where he managed an annual budget of USD 40 million and built an African mining portfolio by identifying, acquiring, and adding value to mineral investment opportunities. During this time, and as part of his role, Bruce managed a substantial Ethiopian gold exploration business and has been involved in Ethiopian mining ventures for the last 10 years.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science with honours in Geology from the University of Natal (South Africa), a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration from the Rhodes University (South Africa) and a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mineral Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).
Stephen Miller
Managing Director
Stephen has over 35 years corporate finance experience in the natural resources industry in Australia and across Africa. He has overseen and executed several significant transactions in various African countries including Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon, and South Africa. Stephen has previously held senior executive positions with natural resource companies listed on the ASX, TSX and JSE, including executive chairperson of St Barbara Mines Limited and Strata Mining Corporation Ltd.
In 2002/2003 Stephen brought about the creation of the TSX listed company Defiance Mining Corporation and acquired the Tasiast Gold Project from Normandy LaSource Development Ltd in Mauritania. At that time, the Tasiast Gold Project had a total global resource base of less than 900,000 ounces. Over the next 3 years Stephen was able to grow the project resource to over 3 million ounces. Prior to this, Stephen was the executive chairperson of East Africa Gold Corporation, where he facilitated the corporate reorganisation and recapitalisation that enabled the acquisition of a substantial gold exploration portfolio in Tanzania.
He holds a Bachelor of Business in Accounting from Edith Cowan University (Australia) and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
John Traicos
Independant Non-Executive Director
John is a lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in legal and corporate affairs in Australia and Southern Africa. He has acted as a commercial and legal manager to several Australian resource companies and has been involved in resource projects and acquisitions in Australia, Africa, and Indonesia.
Between 2013 and 2019 John was the legal manager and company secretary for MZI Resources Ltd. He was also previously the company secretary and commercial legal manager at Perilya Limited and Tanami Gold NL (2005 – 2007), the commercial legal manager at Strike Energy Ltd (2007 – 2011) and general manager at Oro Verde Ltd (2011 – 2012). John has a strong sporting background having played international cricket for South Africa (1970) and Zimbabwe (1992) and has also held senior cricket administrative and coaching roles.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a University Education Diploma from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia and is admitted to practice law in Western Australia.