Paul Kopejtka
Executive Chairman

Mr Kopejtka is a founding director of Murchison Metals.  He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) degree from Curtin University, specialising in the mineral resources sector. Mr Kopejtka has 20 years experience in the mining industry as an engineer and consultant in the areas of green and brown fields project evaluation and feasibility study management, plant design and engineering and commissioning. This experience extends to both the Australian and overseas mining industry. Throughout the 1990s he held tenure as a technical consultant with the Minproc and Bateman engineering groups before branching out in a similar capacity working with a number of major publicly listed companies.

Trevor Matthews
Managing Director

Mr Matthews has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of WA and a graduate diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a CPA and a member of the Financial Services Institute. Mr Matthews has worked in the resources industry for 20 years and held executive positions with North Limited, WMC Resources Limited and other listed entities in both operational and corporate roles. He has significant experience in corporate governance, project development and finance.

Rodney Baxter
Non-Executive Director

Mr Baxter holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Rhodes University and an MBA from the University of Witwatersrand. He has nearly 20 years experience in the resources sector, most recently as Managing Director of Consolidated Minerals where he presided over the strategic transformation and ultimate sale of the company. Prior to Consolidated Minerals, Mr Baxter enjoyed a near 10 year career at Anglo American and Anglo Platinum in various senior executive and business development roles.

James McClements
Non-Executive Director

Mr McClements holds an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Western Australia . He has extensive experience in the resources industry and is the co-founder of the highly successful Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a group of funds that invests in development and growth stage mining companies.

Prior to founding RCF, Mr McClements held senior positions with N.M. Rothschild & Sons in Denver and was responsible for North American resource banking. For four years prior to going to North America he was with Rothschild Australia in Sydney speciaising in financing junior mining companies and other natural resource lending.

His background also includes work with Standard Chartered Bank Australia and BHP.

Sun Moon Woo
Non Executive Director

Mr Woo holds a Masters degree in Mining Engineering. He joined POSCO in 1983 and has worked in the Raw Material Purchasing Division and Investment Division for 24 years. He has extensive experience in the natural resources industry and has managed POSCO investments in iron ore and coal projects globally including Australia and Brazil . Mr Woo is currently Managing Director of POSCO Australia Pty Ltd which is a 100% subsidiary of POSCO.