Board of Directors and Senior Management

James Ross

Non-Executive Chairman

Qualifications - B.Sc. (Hons.), PhD, FAusIMM, FAICD

Dr Ross is a leading international geologist whose technical qualifications include an honours degree in Geology at UWA and a PhD in Economic Geology from UC Berkeley. He worked for Western Mining Corporation Limited for 25 years before becoming an Executive Director at Aerodata Holdings Limited and Managing Director of World Geoscience Limited in 1988. He was Technical Director with the Emperor Mines Limited Group from 1990 to 1992, Managing Director of Odin Mining Investment Company Limited from 1990 to 1995, Chairman and Executive Director of Tanganyika Gold Limited from 1996 to 2000, and Executive Director of Renewable Energy Corporation Limited from 2000 to 2001. He has considerable international experience in exploration and mining, particularly in developing countries.

Dr Ross was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 4 February 2005.

Brendan James

Managing Director

Qualifications - B.Met.Eng. (Hons.)

Mr Brendan James is a metallurgical engineer, with an exceptional background in developing, commissioning and optimising a number of large uranium, copper and gold operations. His technical background includes outstanding senior management experience in uranium mining and processing, project management, redesigning and commissioning previously decommissioned operations, biological heap leaching and hydrometallurgy. This background is complemented by five years’ experience in financial markets, on both the buy and sell sides. Mr James is highly qualified to lead Berkeley through the optimisation, financing, development and commissioning of the Salamanca Uranium Project, and to advance Berkeley’s strong organic growth opportunities. He is based in Spain.

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Matthew Syme

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - B.Com, CA

Mr Syme is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He has over 15 years experience as a senior executive of a number of companies in the Australian resources and media sectors. He was a Manager in a major international Chartered Accounting firm before spending 3 years as an equities analyst in a large stockbroking firm. He was then Chief Financial Officer of Pacmin Mining Limited, a successful Australian gold mining company, as well as a number of other resources companies.

Mr Syme was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 27 August 2004.

Jose Ramon Esteruelas

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - Economics Degree (Deusto University), Law Degree ( Valladolid University), Diploma of Business Administration (London School of Economics and Political Sciences)

Sr. Esteruelas is an economist with vast experience in the managerial field whose senior executive roles have included Director General of Correos y Telegrafos (the Spanish postal service), Chief Executive Officer of Compania Espanola de Tabaco en Rama S.A., (the leading tobacco transforming company in Spain) and Executive Chairman of Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes SA (formerly the world's largest mercury producer).

Sr. Esteruelas was appointed a Director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 16 November 2006.

Laurence D. Marsland

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - BAS, MSM, FIEAust, RPE

Mr Marsland is a graduate of the Western Australia Institute of Technology where he completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering. He attended the Stanford Sloan Fellows Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he completed a Master of Science in Management degree. Mr Marsland is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and has twenty five years of experience in mining project evaluation, development and implementation.

He spent a number of years with Minproc Limited in Australia and the USA. While in working for Minproc one of his assignments was as Project Manager and Construction Manager for Newmont Mining Company's Yanacocha Gold Project in northern Peru. His responsibilities included engineering, procurement and construction management, for the 10,000 tonnes per day gold heap leach project, located at 4,100 meters in the Peruvian Andes. After leaving Minproc he joined Laguna Gold Company where he was the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director. He was responsible for day-to-day operation of the company and reporting to the board of directors. While at Laguna he was involved in securing a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and completing financings to fund development of exploration projects in Central America. Prior to joining Gabriel Resources Limited in January 2000, he was consulting to various junior mining companies assisting them with project development. As Vice President Project Development at Gabriel he relocated to Romania and was responsible for managing development of the Rosia Montana project which included preparation of a definitive feasibility study that contemplated development of the project at a throughput of 20 million tonnes per annum. In February 2002 he joined Navan Mining PLC as CEO and a Director. Although having been refinanced Navan was a "turn around" situation and operating under extremely difficult financial circumstances. Despite offers to refinance the company, it was placed into administrative receivership by the major creditor at the end of 2002. Post Navan he partnered with Dundee Precious Metals to bid for purchase of the Bulgarian assets of Navan. The bid was successful and, while being based in Bulgaria, he has assumed the role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dundee Precious Metals Inc. After leaving Dundee Precious Metals in early 2009, he was a founder of PLC Partners, a private company incorporated to pursue resource development opportunities.

Board Responsibilities

The Board has sole responsibility for the following:

  • Appointing and removing the Managing Director and any other executives and approving their remuneration;

  • Appointing and removing the Company Secretary / Chief Financial Officer and approving their remuneration;

  • Determining the strategic direction of the Group and measuring performance of management against approved strategies;

  • Review of the adequacy of resources for management to properly carry out approved strategies and business plans;

  • Adopting operating and capital expenditure budgets at the commencement of each financial year and monitoring the progress by both financial and non-financial key performance indicators;

  • Monitoring the Group's medium term capital and cash flow requirements;

  • Approving and monitoring financial and other reporting to regulatory bodies, shareholders and other organisations;

  • Determining that satisfactory arrangements are in place for auditing the Group's financial affairs;

  • Review and ratify systems of risk management and internal compliance and control, codes of conduct and compliance with legislative requirements; and

  • Ensuring that policies and compliance systems consistent with the Group's objectives and best practice are in place and that the Company and its officers act legally, ethically and responsibly on all matters.