Our Team

Trained as a Chartered Accountant and became a member of the small team which landed the first commercial oil from the UK North Sea
Founded oil company Aminex PLC in 1991, took it to the LSE Premium List and managed its activities in 8 countries, discovering and exploiting oil or gas on three continents. Aminex is one of a very few foreign oil companies to have paid a Russia exit dividend
Joined the Great Western board in 2012, Chairman in 2013 and Executive Chairman in 2019

Graduate of Texas Christian University who subsequently trained as a driller and has 25 years' operating experience in both oil and mining
Founder employee of Great Western, staked the original claims and oversaw 5,000 metres of drilling, resulting in an Inferred copper resource of 19,000 tonnes copper. He is fully familiar with all regulatory operating and safety requirements in Nevada where he has built trust and good working relations with state and federal authorities and with the local business community

Chartered Accountant with 30 years’ experience managing the finances of publicly-traded natural resources companies
Until 2019 he was Financial Controller/Secretary and subsequently Finance Director of Aminex PLC, controlling the finances of a group operating in multiple jurisdictions

All the executive directors are shareholders in Great Western

20+ years’ experience in mineral exploration and project development, including as a geological consultant to Great Western Mining
Extensive background across rare earth elements, critical, precious, and base metals
Held senior executive and board-level roles in both private and listed companies
Founding member of the UK Critical Minerals Association, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and holds MSc degrees in Mining Geology and Applied Mineralogy

Graduate of the Camborne School of Mines and Honorary Research Fellow
A recognised authority on porphyry systems, who completed his PhD on the Yerington Copper Mine in the region of Great Western Mining’s claims

Graduated from the University of North Dakota in 2019 with Bachelor degrees in Geology and Anthropology
Extensive hands-on field experience, having covered more ground across company claims. Responsible for soil and rock sampling, claim staking, and geological data collection
Highly experienced in remote field operations, including extended field deployments and camping

Graduate of Oxford University with a 30-year banking career in London and New York focused on debt and equity capital markets and international M&A
Currently Senior Adviser at Smith Square Partners, leading London corporate finance firm
Formerly built and led the corporate finance business of the Edmond de Rothschild bank in London
Chairman of Audit and Risk Committees

Graduate of Oxford University with a 20-year career in the mining business
Formerly a mining journalist on the Investors’ Chronicle and Chief Investment Officer at Mineral & Financial Investments PLC
Currently a Mining Affairs Consultant for Vox Markets
Chairman of Remuneration Committee

First Class Honours degree in geology from the National University of Ireland with 20 years' experience as a mineral exploration geologist coupled with management experience in corporate affairs
Formerly Executive Director, Starvest PLC supporting early stage mineral exploration ventures, Senior Geologist at Hummingbird Resources PLC and Geology Manager at Greatland Gold PLC during the period of its rapid growth
Currently serving as Interim Head of Geology at Great Western