Board and Executive

Ian Murray, Executive Chairman

Mr Murray is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 15 years' corporate experience in the publicly-listed resources sector.

Between 1997 and 2005 he held positions including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer with DRDGOLD Ltd.  Mr Murray oversaw DRDGOLD's major acquisitions, restructures and stock exchange listings which grew the Company from a small, lease-bound South African miner into a globally listed multi-mine gold company producing over 1 moz of gold per annum at its peak.

Prior to this he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, worked in Management Consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers, worked in the South African Revenue Service and assisted in establishing one of South Africa's most successful biotechnology companies.

Mr Murray joined the Gold Road Resources Board on 15 October 2007

Ziggy Lubieniecki, Executive Director (Technical)

Mr Lubieniecki is a geologist with more than 20 years' experience in exploration, mining, management, property acquisition, and company listing. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

During his career he has worked on a range of commodities for companies including Chevron, Mt. Burgess Gold Mining, Sundowner Minerals NL, Forsayth NL, Plutonic Resources, Micromine Pty Ltd, Australian Platinum Mines NL, Apex Minerals NL and Goldcrest Mines Limited.

Mr Lubieniecki has held senior positions including Chief Mine Geologist for Plutonic and Exploration Manager for Australian Platinum Mines. In recent years Mr Lubieniecki has been responsible for proving up Thatcher Soak Uranium Deposit and discovery of the Central Bore Gold Deposit for Gold Road Resources.

Russell Davis, Non-Executive Director

Mr Davis is a geologist with over 25 years' experience in mineral exploration, management, property acquisition, mining and development. He has worked on the exploration and development of a range of commodities for a number of international and Australian companies, holding senior positions including Chief Mine Geologist, Exploration Manager and Regional Manager. In recent years Mr Davis was responsible for instigating and managing mineral exploration activities for ASARCO and for acquiring the projects held by Gold Road Resources.

Mr Davis is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.  Mr Davis is currently Managing Director of ASX listed Syndicated Metals Limited.

Mr Davis is a founding director and was appointed to the Gold Road Resources Board on 28 May 2004.
 

Kevin R Hart, Company Secretary, Non-Executive Director

Mr Hart is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years' experience in the management and administration of public listed entities in the mining and exploration industry.

He is currently a partner of Endeavour Corporate, an advisory firm which specialises in the provision of Company Secretarial services to ASX listed entities. Mr Hart currently also serves on the board of Alloy Resources Limited. Mr Hart holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia.

Mr Hart joined the Gold Road Resources Board on 4 August 2006.

Martin Pyle, Non-Executive Director

Mr Pyle is a mining industry consultant with over 23 years' experience in the resources industry in Australia. His previous roles have included Corporate Finance Executive with prominent east and west coast broking firms where he was responsible for the generation and execution of resources related equity raisings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory and research.

Most recently he has provided corporate advisory services to a number of junior resource companies and is Chairman of Syndicated Metals Limited and Midwinter Resources Limited; Managing Director of Aurora Minerals Limited and Executive Director of Desert Energy Limited. Mr Pyle holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours – Geology) and MBA.

Mr Pyle joined the Gold Road Resources Board on 22 June 2010

David Woodall,Non-Executive Director

Mr Woodall is a mining engineer with more than 28 years' industry experience. With a proven track-record in advancing exploration projects into production, Mr Woodall's career has included development of numerous gold, base metal and iron ore mines.

Currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Altynalmas Gold (50% owned by Ivanhoe Mines), Mr. Woodall has had senior management positions with internationally publically listed resources companies in Canada, Australia, Fiji and China. As a graduate of the WA School of Mines, and having spent well over 10 years working in the Western Australian gold fields, Mr Woodall is knowledgeable regarding mining in the Western Australian greenstone belts.

Mr Woodall holds a BAppSc (Mining Engineering), a Graduate Diploma (Business), MSc (Mineral Economics), First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency (Western Australia and Queensland). He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.

Mr Woodall was appointed to the Gold Road Resources Board on 20 February 2012.

Gordon Murray, Business Development Manager

Mr Gordon Murray was appointed Business Development Manager of Gold Road in September 2011. Mr Murray is an engineer and senior mine manager with more than 20 years experience in the resources industry. Previously Mr Murray was a project manager for BHP Billiton at Olympic Dam Mine and a contract mining engineer for Barrick Gold Australia Ltd. He has also held senior mine management positions with St. Barbara Ltd, Troy Resources, Australian Mines Limited and Siberia Mining Corporation.

Mr Murray holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), a First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency and a Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering.

Shaun Richardson, Exploration Manager

Mr Shaun Richardson was appointed Exploration Manager of Gold Road in January 2012. His primary responsibilities include resource definition of Gold Road’s advanced projects and management of the exploration camp and team. Mr Richardson has extensive field experience and has managed all aspects of drilling campaigns, including in frontier locations such as the Tanami Desert. Recent projects include taking an overseas gold project from the pre-feasibility to feasibility stage.

Mr Richardson's career spans multiple commodities (including gold, silver, nickel, minerals sands, copper and uranium) and time spent with top-tier firms such as Norilsk, BHP Billiton and PanAust. Mr Richardson has worked collaboratively with local Traditional Owners on a number of projects.