John brings a wealth of experience to the WIM Board, having played a prominent role in the development of the chemicals and water purification industry in Australia. John has founded and developed several successful companies, including Hardman Chemicals Pty Ltd, Bituminous Products Pty Ltd and Lucas Boilers Pty Ltd.

Eddy has a strong finance and management background and has worked as CEO/MD of several resource companies in Australia. As the first CEO of Murray Zircon Pty Ltd, he successfully completed the development and start-up of the Mindarie Mineral Sands project in South Australia. Mr Wu was a Board member for ASX listed company Image Resources (IMA), which successfully and profitably mined the Boonanarring mineral sands mine near Perth in Western Australia. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology, Beijing. He holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce (Finance) from the Australian National University and a Master’s Degree in Science from Cass Business School, City University London.

Michael is responsible for managing WIM’s portfolio and downstream international integration. He currently is Project Director for the Avonbank Project, and the remainder of WIM’s portfolio. He has significant experience across exploration, resource development and project management across a wide variety of commodities and settings. Michael held position of Project Geologist with Iluka Resources, Exploration Manager with Aard Metals Ltd. Michael currently sits as President on the Board for the Science Foundation for Physics at the University of Sydney.

Jarrod has a wealth of experience in managing mineral sands operations and mine planning. He brings both practical and technical knowledge from various operations to WIM. Previous to joining WIM Jarrod held the role of Production Superintendent for Iluka’s JA Operation. Jarrod was also the Senior Mining Engineer for Image Resource’s Perth based HMS project and Murray Zircon’s Mindarie Operations. Jarrod worked in the Murray Basin for Iluka’s Victorian mining operations as a Mining Engineer, as well as other roles in hard rock previous to mineral sands.

Joe is an accomplished environmental professional with over 25-years experience working within the mineral sands industry in Western Australia (including Tronox’s Cooljarloo operation) and within the State Government Mining Departments in Western Australia and Victoria. Joe has a proven track record of successfully developing and implementing environmental and rehabilitation management systems for several mine sites across Australia. He has gained valuable environmental approvals experience across multiple jurisdictions including Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA. Joe currently manages Environmental & Approvals for WIM Resource across WIM’s portfolio and is focused on moving the Avonbank Project to a shovel ready stage.

Tony has a geology degree from Melbourne University and a post graduate degree in Mineral Economics from Macquarie University. He has more than 40 years’ experience in mineral exploration and development, including over twenty years in mineral sands in the Murray Basin. He has held senior positions with RZM, Murray Basin Titanium, and as a private consultant for the past ten years. He is a Principal Adviser to Murray Zircon and has been heavily involved with the development of the Mindarie Mineral Sands Mine. Tony has previously had extensive experience with the WIM 150 Project, the Donald Mineral Sands Project and several other fine-grained mineral sand prospects.

David has extensive experience in exploring for copper and gold and has discovered numerous mineral sands deposits. Following a career in gold and base metals David spent seven years with Bemax Resources and was instrumental in the discovery of over 1.5 billion tonnes of heavy mineral bearing sands including the Ginkgo, Snapper and Crayfish deposits near Pooncarie, NSW. All these deposits are now in production. Since 2000, David has held numerous senior positions with exploration companies both within Australia and overseas where he was responsible for managing exploration for mineral sands, copper and gold. David also co-owns an award-winning farm with his wife in Queensland and has a strong empathy with the land.

Murray is a Wimmera and Grampians local. He worked on salinity research projects along the Wimmera River and led teams in the Pilbara Western Australia, and in the Northern Territory on community conservation projects. Murray spent a number of years with the Wimmera CMA managing large scale Landcare projects and nearly 14 years managing the Wimmera Machinery Field Days, successfully growing it into one of Australia’s major agricultural events. He brings many years of involvement at a community group level throughout the region from sports and tourism to economic development. Murray is responsible for logistics as well as communications between WIM Resource, the wider community, and relevant stakeholders.

Michael, a qualified accountant, has over forty years’ experience in senior commercial roles with mining and resource related companies both in Australia and overseas. Michael’s experience has been drawn from working on several major projects, leading the commercial functions in both operational and corporate roles. Michael worked for Iluka Resources Ltd on their Murray Basin projects for twelve years, responsible for land access and management and assisting with community engagement activities, similar to the role he is undertaking for WIM Resource on their Avonbank Project. Michael has also previously provided advice and assistance with other mineral sand projects based in Victoria.