Board Members

Mr Mark Hughes - Non Executive Chairman

Age: 49
Qualifications: BComm, ACA
Mr Hughes is an experienced finance and commercial director in the mining industry, having held the role as General Manager Commercial at Rio Tinto Limited’s iron ore business in Western Australia and as Chief Financial Officer at Iluka Resources Limited, one of the largest mineral sands mining and processing companies in the world. In a 12 year career with Rio Tinto Limited, Mr Hughes was a finance executive at the head office in London and Melbourne, and a director of Energy Resources of Australia Limited, Australia’s largest uranium mining company. Mark was also a member of Rio Tinto’s teams during the takeovers of North Ltd and Ashton Mining Limited. Mr Hughes is on the Board of the Parker Centre, Cooperative Research Centre for Hydrometallurgy.

 

Mr Richard Pearce - Managing Director

Age: 41
Qualifications: BSc, MBA
Mr Pearce has more than 15 years experience in the minerals industry, working for Rio Tinto Limited and related service companies. He has worked in operational, technical and commercial roles within Rio Tinto Limited including roles with Kennecott Energy Company (Rio’s subsidiary based in Wyoming, United States), Rio Tinto Exploration in London and Hamersley Iron in Western Australia. Mr Pearce was a joint founder of Oyster Consulting Pty Ltd, a specialist Minerals Industry Business Consultancy, with a team of 15 consultants working across Africa, Australia, and Asia. Most recently, Mr Pearce was Managing Director of Nova Energy Limited, an ASX listed uranium exploration company based in Western Australia. Mr Pearce received a MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He studied Geophysics at the University of Exeter, UK, graduating with honours. Mr Pearce also studied Project Finance at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London and geostatistics at the Ecole de Geostatistique, Fontainebleau.

 

Mr Henry Neugebauer - Technical Director

Age: 68
Qualifications: MSc, MBA, PEng
Mr Neugebauer is an experienced uranium exploration geologist with some 40 years relevant experience in uranium, gold and base metal exploration and development. He was Exploration Manager for Chevron Resources Inc (a non-conventional energy and metals subsidiary of Chevron Corporation). In the United States he was involved with the Panna Maria uranium mine in Texas and worked on developing the Kings River uranium project in Nevada. As manager of a consortium including ENUSA, Banco Santander and Chevron in Spain, he oversaw the development of sedimentary hosted uranium projects in Spain. During the past 20 years, Mr Neugebauer has been a director and/or president of several Toronto Stock Exchange listed junior
exploration companies in North and South America including Zamora Gold Corp, Tombstone Explorations Inc, Orinoco Gold Inc, MarWest Resources Inc, Balaclava Mines Inc, and Prospector Consolidated Resources Inc. Mr Neugebauer provides extensive technical expertise to WildHorse and will assist in the identification and evaluation of projects worldwide.

 

Ian Gregory – Company Secretary

Ian Gregory has over 24 years experience in company secretarial and business administration services in a variety of industries, including exploration, mining, mineral processing, oil and gas, banking, insurance and aquaculture. He is Chairman of the Western Australian Branch Council of Chartered Secretaries Australia and a Member of its National Council.

 

 

Mr Craig Burton - Non Executive Director

Age: 43
Qualifications: BJuris, LLB, MAICD
Mr Burton has extensive business experience in the natural resources sector and in managing publicly listed companies. He has a track record of providing corporate and financial backing to successful resource projects and technical teams and remains a substantial and active investor in the sector. Mr Burton has been involved as a founder, investor and director in resource companies since 1991. He is currently a director of Albidon Limited, a company undertaking development of a nickel project in Zambia, Mirabela Nickel Limited, a company undertaking a bankable feasibility study on a nickel project in Brazil, Exco Resources NL, a company with advanced copper and gold projects in Australia, Livingstone Petroleum Limited, a company with oil and gas interests in California and Matra Petroleum plc, a company with oil and gas interests in Hungary. Mr Burton is also a director of Capital Drilling Limited and Rewards Group Limited. In 2001 Mr Burton was a founder of Sally Malay Mining Limited, a company which now has two operating nickel mines in Western Australia. Mr Burton has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Australia and is member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

Mr Bruce Larson - Non Executive Director

Age: 58
Qualifications: A Dip Eng
Mr Larson is an experienced executive in the mining industry having worked in the Rio Tinto Group for 21 years. His particular skills are in community and external affairs, having been the General Manager for Rio Tinto Limited’s extensive West Australian assets from 1995 to 2006. Mr Larson has led numerous cultural and community affairs teams, and negotiated many agreements with a diverse range of communities. Mr Larson was closely involved with the Kintyre Uranium project in Western Australia. He managed many aspects of community, environmental and external affairs and native title negotiations, as well as marketing development. He has a working knowledge of the nuclear power generation industry in the United States and the United Kingdom, through his work at Rio Tinto Limited and as a Board member of the Uranium Information Centre.

 

Ms Sashi Davies - Consultant to the Board

Age: 46
Qualifications: BSc, MBA
Ms Davies is an experienced professional in the nuclear and uranium industries. Her experience over 25 years covers nuclear reactor operations, uranium marketing and consulting, for some of the major corporations in the industry, including Nufcor Ltd and Rio Tinto Ltd. Ms Davies’ role with WildHorse will be to provide strategic advice on particular aspects of the mining and nuclear generation industries, to ensure that the Board is well abreast of market demands, and able to make informed and effective decisions.