Ausgold Limited (ASX:AUC)

Mr Dorward has over 25 years of experience in the mining and finance industries. Mr Dorward was the CEO of TSX-listed gold producer Roxgold Inc. from 2012 to 2021, where he led the construction of the Yaramoko Gold Mine in Burkina Faso from maiden resource through to production, before Roxgold was acquired by Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. in 2021 for US$884 million.

Mr Dorward’s earlier roles include Vice President of Business Development at Fronteer Gold, a TSX and AMEX-listed mining company with gold and uranium projects in USA, Canada and Turkey, where he was instrumental in negotiating its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corporation for $2.3 billion in 2011.

Mr Dorward also previously served as CFO of ASX and TSX-listed gold company Mineral Deposits Limited and ASX-listed gold producer Leviathan Resources Limited, and was a senior executive with ASX-listed gold and nickel producer MPI Mines Limited.

He is currently a non-executive director Surge Copper Corporation and Taura Gold.

Mr Turner is a Mining Engineer with over 35 years of experience in the global resources sector. He holds a degree in Mining Engineering from the University of New South Wales and is a Fellow of the AUSIMM.

Mr Turner has been responsible for the development and operation of numerous mines in Australia, East and West Africa and Asia. He was previously General Manager Operations of Resolute Mining Ltd, one of Australia’s largest gold producers. He was also Chief Operating Officer of CGA Mining, where he took the Masbate Gold Project in the Philippines from construction to production before its takeover by B2 Gold Corporation for C$1.1 billion. Mr Turner is currently the Chief Operating Officer of RTG Mining Limited.

Mr Goldstone is a highly credentialed Company Director with more than 35 years’ international minerals industry experience in project development, operations and investment management, with a strong focus on environmental and social sustainability and corporate governance.

He is currently Managing Director – Technical at Dundee Corporation.

Prior to his current role, Mr Goldstone held executive roles in project development, processing operations, and sustainable development.

Mr Weedon is a highly-credentialled geologist with more than 30 years of international mining industry experience in exploration and mine development and operations in Africa, Latin America and Australasia. Mr Weedon has held a number of senior roles with mining majors including Fortuna Mining Corp as Senior Vice President Exploration, Vice President Exploration of Roxgold Inc. , Exploration Director – Australia and Exploration Director – Ghana at Newmont Mining and Vice President Business Development – Africa and Geology Manager – West Africa with AngloGold Ashanti. During his five years at Newmont Mr Weedon led the team that discovered the +2 Moz Apensu underground deposit.

Mr Weedon has a BSc in Geology from Curtin University of Technology in Australia and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.