Our Team

Chartered Accountant who became a member of the small team which landed the first commercial oil from the UK North Sea
Over 40 years managing natural resources companies
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 very few independent 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
Trained oil and gas driller
20 years’ operating experience in 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
Fully familiar with all regulatory requirements in Nevada and has built trust and good working relations with both the host state and federal authorities

Chartered Accountant
Over 26 years’ experience managing the finances of publicly-traded natural resources companies
Until 2019 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

Dr. Blight is a Chartered Professional affiliated to the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (‘AusIMM’), with relevant experience in vein-hosted gold and base-metals exploration, and is a ‘Qualified Person’ for reporting purposes.
His career has included frontier and near-mine exploration, resource interpretation, infill drill programmes, pre-feasibility studies and assessment of mined materials for potential reprocessing operations.
Dr. Blight has worked on projects in West Africa, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and peri-arctic Sweden.
At Jibal Qutman in Saudi Arabia, he identified and sampled the Red Hill gold target which became a 40,000 oz. satellite deposit.
Most recently he has worked with Cornwall Resources PLC where he was the technical lead at the Redmoor Project, discovering a new tungsten-tin-copper resource. Following this, he designed a second drill campaign which succeeded in more than doubling the originally estimated tonnage, at better than anticipated grades.
Joined Great Western in 2021

Graduate of Oxford University
Over 30 year banking career in London and New York
Senior Adviser at Smith Square Partners, leading London corporate finance firm
Formerly Chairman of LGB Corporate Finance and before that built and led the corporate finance business of Edmond de Rothschild in London
Experience in debt and equity capital markets and international M&A
Chairman of Audit and Risk Committees

20-year experienced mineral exploration geologist
Experienced in corporate affairs
First Class Honours degree in Earth Sciences from the National University of Ireland
Executive Director, Starvest PLC which supports early stage mineral exploration ventures
Previously Geology Manager, Greatland Gold PLC
Previously Senior Geologist Hummingbird Resources PLC