ACDC Metals Limited (ASX: ADC) is an Australian mineral exploration and rare earth technology company established in 2021. The company is focused on exploring and developing heavy mineral sands (HMS) and rare earth element (REE) projects within the Murray Basin in Victoria, Australia. ACDC Metals aims to become a mine-to-market critical metals supplier by leveraging its diversified and globally significant HMS and REE portfolio. The company's innovative processing techniques utilize technology developed by Medallion Resources Ltd (Canada) to extract and separate REEs from mineral sand monazite, aiming to achieve maximum shareholder value and resource efficiency.
ACDC Metals Limited (ASX:ADC)
The Right Team. The Right Tech. The Right Time.
About Us
ACDC Metals Limited is an integrated mineral exploration and rare earth technology company, focusing on the exploration and resource development of heavy mineral sands projects located in Victoria, Australia.
Company Overview
Board & Management
Mark Saxon
Executive Director
Mr Mark Saxon brings thirty years of experience in the resources industry, representing junior and senior companies in Australia, Canada and Europe. An Honours BSc graduate in Geology from the University of Melbourne, he received a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment in 2007. He is a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Mr Saxon’s experience covers most facets of the exploration and mining business in a wide range of geological environments, with a particular focus on discovery, processing, marketing and the political context of critical raw materials. In recent years he was founder, Director and CEO of Tasman Metals Ltd (TSX.v) and Leading Edge Materials Corp (TSX.v). He is currently an executive director of Medallion Resources Ltd (TSX.v), CEO and President of T2 Metals Corp (TSX.v), and a director of Energy Transition Minerals (ASX).
Tom Davidson
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Davidson is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and an accomplished project Manager and has 15 years’ experience in the resource industry. He has held senior technical and management roles through all stages of the project development lifecycle, for projects and clients in a variety of jurisdictions and financial markets. Particular career focus has been on evaluation of economic viability for a range of global mining operations and commodities through due diligences and authoring feasibility reports across the major mining exchanges.
Tom’s recent employment history includes Project Manager roles with Beca Group Limited, most recently as Project Manager via secondment to St Barbara Limited where he has led the Simberi Sulphide (PNG gold mine) expansion project through feasibility and pre-investment phase for the past two (2) years.
Richard Boyce
Non-Executive Director
Mr Boyce is a practicing Chartered accountant and tax agent for over 25 years. He holds a master’s in financial planning, AICD member and subject matter expert in Family Offices, Private Investment Capital and Governance.
Richard has worked with leading high growth UHNW entrepreneurial families throughout the Asia. Richard is a former Private Client Tax Partner with EY, led the EY ASIA Pacific Family Office Practice and co-author of the EY Global Family Office Leading Practice Guide. He is an academic director of the global Family Firm Institute (FFI) based in Boston, a strategic consultant to Family Business Australia and NZ (FBANZ), Former Chair of RMIT University School of Accounting industry group, and current independent board member to UHNW generational family enterprises.
Richard brings to the ACDC Board extensive experience in governance, capital markets and financial management.
Ivan Fairhall
Non-Executive Director
Ivan Fairhall is a chartered engineer and mine finance professional with over 15 years of mining industry experience. Ivan is an experienced mining executive in the junior space, both on the corporate side, and as Senior Investment Manager at a London based mining private equity fund. His experience is almost exclusively on development stage companies, moving them up the development curve, and spans the commodity and geographic spectrum. He has sat on listed and unlisted company boards, and on project level steering groups. His earlier career roles were design, construction and commissioning of minerals processing plants.
Ivan brings to the ACDC board senior level mining experience across a broad suite of commodities from exploration through commissioning and into production, helping bridge technical considerations with corporate strategy.
Andrew Shearer
Non-Executive Chair
Andrew is a seasoned executive with 28 years’ experience in the resource and finance sectors, with an ability to combine technical, management, strategic and financial experience. More recently he has specialised in setting strategy and creating companies, raising capital and executing value generating opportunities. Currently operating at the Chair and Director level across several, ASX listed, resources companies, in both executive and non-executive roles.
Establishing his career in the resources industry, Andrew has held technical and senior management roles with Mount Isa Mines Limited, Glengarry Resources Limited and the South Australian Government. Before moving into the finance sector in analyst roles, then transitioning into corporate advisory. Past and present board roles include, Andromeda Metals (ADN), Resolution Minerals (RML), Okapi Resources (OKR), Osmond Resources (OSM) and Investigator Resources (IVR).
Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology from University of South Australia, Honours in Geophysics from Adelaide University and an MBA from the University of Adelaide.