Director’s Profile

The South Boulder Mines Board (from left) Terry Grammer, Lorry Hughes, Chris Gilchrist, Liam Cornelius

David “Lorry” Hughes – CEO and Managing Director

Mr Lorry Hughes BSc. MAusIMM, is a Geologist with 20 years industry experience and has been South Boulder Mines’ CEO and Managing Director since 2008. Mr Hughes has held senior management positions on exploration and operational mining projects for Energy Metals Ltd, CSA Australia Ltd and Energy Resources Australia Ltd.

Mr Hughes has broad mining and development experience from numerous mines in the north east goldfields of Western Australia and overseas, including; mining in Malaysia and exploration/development in Indonesia and Eritrea.

Mr Hughes’s past management, mining, exploration & development operations include, peer review, geological resource interpretation/estimation, project generation, mine planning/optimisation, near mine resource development and environmental management. In addition Mr Hughes has been involved in highly innovative projects including ore beneficiation and ore sorting techniques.

Terry Grammer – Executive Chairman

Mr Terry Grammer is a geologist with exploration success spanning over a 35 year career. He is credited with the discovery of the Cosmos Nickel Mine in Western Australia for which he received the joint prospector of the year award in 2000.

Mr Grammer was a founding member of Western Areas NL which is focused on developing the Forrestania Nickel Project in Western Australia. Currently Mr Grammer is a Non-Executive Director of Sirius Resources NL, Fortis Mining Ltd and was a founding Director of Montezuma Mining Company Ltd.

Liam Cornelius – Executive Director

Mr Cornelius graduated from Curtin University of Technology with a B.App.Sc in Geology. Liam has been involved in the exploration industry within Australia and Africa for 18 years. Whilst specializing in gold he has experience with a wide range of commodities including nickel, copper, platinum and uranium.

As a founding member of South Boulder Mines Ltd, Mr Cornelius has played a key role in outlining areas of interest for the Company. In addition to project generation and providing guidance to the board on future directions, his responsibilities have included public relations and fund raising.

Dr Chris Gilchrist – Non Executive Director/ Feasibility Study Manager

Dr. Chris Gilchrist is presently a consultant to the Mining Industry and has a background in managing major projects, managing mining and mineral processing research, new product development and the operation of large mines. He has served on the Boards of several mining companies and his areas of speciality include potash, diamonds, mineral sands and gold.

Dr Gilchrist has delivered numerous technical papers to the mining industry in areas including project management, operations management and hydraulic transportation . Dr Gilchrist holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mineral Engineering from the University of Birmingham and a Doctorate from the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Dr Gilchrist is a UK Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IMMM.

Dennis Wilkins – Company Secretary

Mr Wilkins is the principal of DW Corporate, a specialist provider of corporate services to the resources sector. Mr Wilkins is a qualified accountant (B.Bus) who has been a director, company secretary and a corporate consultant to listed resource companies for over 20 years. Mr Wilkins experience includes; five years as Finance Director and Company Secretary for Lynas Corporation Limited, five years working for a leading merchant bank in the United Kingdom and management postings within the Resource Sector in Indonesia, South Africa and New Zealand. Mr Wilkins has extensive experience in exploration and operational financial reporting, together with treasury management.