Chairman
Peter Anthony John Ingram
B.Sc (Geology), FAusIMM, MGSA, FAICD
Mr Peter Ingram is a geologist with a strong background of over forty years’ experience within the Australian mining and mineral exploration industries, including over thirty years of public company management.
Mr Ingram was formerly Managing Director of Universal Resources Limited prior to its merger with Vulcan Resources Limited to form Altona Mining Ltd. In addition, he previously held the positions of Managing Director of Metana Minerals NL, Eastmet Limited and Australian Oriental Minerals NL. He was also a founding councillor of the Australian Gold Mining Council and the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) of which he is an Honorary Life Member and former President. He has been a member of the Management Council of the WA School of Mines at Curtin University
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Managing Director
Anthony Paul Rovira
B.Sc (Geology), B.Sc. (Hons), MAusIMM
Mr Tony Rovira has worked in the mining industry for over 30 years as an exploration and mining geologist and for the past 17 years as Managing Director of Azure Minerals.
Mr Rovira has been responsible for the discovery of several gold and nickel deposits in Australia which were developed into operating mines. His most famous discoveries were the rich Cosmos and Cosmos Deeps nickel sulphide deposits in Western Australia. In 2000, Mr Rovira was awarded the Prospector of the Year Award by the Australian Association of Mining and Exploration Companies for the Cosmos discovery.
From 2006 to 2020, Azure has operated in Mexico where the company made several silver, gold and copper discoveries. Due to the Covid-19 situation, Tony made the decision to refocus back into Western Australia and shortly thereafter announced the acquisition of four nickel and gold projects in the Pilbara. Leading the way is the Andover Nickel Project where drilling is underway and massive nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation is being intersected.
Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
Mr Brett Douglas Dickson
B.Bus, FCPA, FGIA, MAICD
Mr Brett Dickson is a Certified Practicing Accountant and has had a successful corporate career focusing on the start-up, restructuring, management, growth and financing of emerging, publicly-listed mining, exploration and oil and gas companies. This experience ranges through a spectrum of activities; including capital and debt raisings, corporate restructuring, stock exchange listings (TSX, ASX, AIM), mineral exploration, mining and feasibility studies.
Mr Dickson has been a director of, and involved in the executive management of, numerous publicly listed resource companies with activities in Australia, Latin America and elsewhere.
Non-Executive Director
Mr Hansjörg Plaggemars
Mr. Hansjörg Plaggemars was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Azure Minerals in November 2019.
Mr Plaggemars is an experienced company director with a strong background in corporate finance, corporate strategy and governance. He has served on the Board of Directors of many listed and unlisted companies in a variety of industries including mining, agriculture, shipping, construction and investments. This includes the Board of Delphi Unternehmensberatung AG, a major shareholder of Azure.
Mr. Plaggemars has qualifications in Business Administration and is fluent in English and German.
Non-Executive Director
Mr Wayne Bramwell
B.Sc, (Extractive Metallurgy), Grad Dip Bus, MSc (Min. Econ), GAICD
Mr Bramwell is a metallurgist with 30 years of International and Australian project evaluation, development and operations expertise across the base metals, precious metals, and bulk commodity sectors. He is currently the Group Business Manager for the Creasy Group and a non-executive director of ASX listed gold producer Westgold Resources Limited. Mr Bramwell was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Azure Minerals in October 2020.
Exploration Manager
Mr Graham Leaver
B.Eng, MAIG
Mr Graham Leaver is a geologist with over 25 years’ experience in technical and managerial roles in base metal and gold exploration and mining geology throughout Australia.
Mr Leaver has extensive experience in sulphide nickel operations with roles spanning all aspects of resource projects including exploration and targeting, discovery, development and production. Graham has previously held roles with Black Mountain Metals, Talisman Mining, Xstrata Nickel, Jubilee Mines, Black Swan Nickel and WMC.