• Management and Board of Directors

Management and Board of Directors

Basil Botha
President & CEO, Director

Mr. Basil Botha brings more than 30 years international coal mining and marketing experience, primarily gained with Otavi Mining Ltd. and Reef Coal Mining Ltd. in Johannesburg, South Africa.  He has extensive knowledge dealing with coal beneficiation processes and ancillary by-products and has specialized in start up mining operations, mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance.

Peter Pollard, PhD
Director

Dr. Peter Pollard has over 20 years experience as a consultant in project generation and evaluation principally in iron-oxide copper-gold and porphyry copper-gold deposits worldwide and has published over 55 papers on aspects of copper-gold, tin-tungsten and rare-metal mineralization. He holds Bachelor of Science (Hons) and PhD degrees in geology from James Cook University, Australia and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. Peter is also a non-executive director of Journey Resources Corporation and Hunter Bay Minerals plc.

Paul McNaughton
Chief Financial Officer, Director

Mr. Paul McNaughton has over 25 years in the South African coal industry as marketer and trader, beginning with Transvaal Coal Owners Association and later moving on to co-establish  Reef Coal Mining, a South African coal mining and trading company, which was sold to MacPhail Ltd in 1988. Mr. McNaughton currently operates a financial consultancy business and has developed many relationships in the South African business community. Over the past few years, Mr. McNaughton has served as a consultant on coal related projects on behalf of investors, the most recent of which has been the IMBS project. Mr. McNaughton holds a B.A. and MBA from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Paul Sarjeant
Director 

Mr. Sarjeant is a Professional Geologist who has been involved in mineral exploration and development in North and South America and throughout Africa, Asia and Europe for more than 25 years.  He spent over 13 years with Echo Bay Mines, lastly as Senior Geologist, International Exploration Group responsible for project evaluations.  Most recently he serves as President & CEO of Grandview Gold.  Mr. Sarjeant holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in geological sciences from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.  Mr. Sarjeant also serves as a director/consultant to a number of private and public mining companies.