Workers in high-visibility clothing at a rural mine site workshop and laydown yard at dawn

A team you can hold to account.

Management has proven exploration, development and production experience in Australia and overseas — and, unusually, direct experience of these particular ore bodies.

Why it matters here

GCM draws on a professional network of long-standing colleagues spanning exploration, permitting, mining, engineering, metals recovery and renewable energy production.

The board and directors have decades of experience each in the management and development of mining projects in Australia and internationally, with a particular depth in developing mining and processing facilities. That past delivery is why the company is resourced to take every stage of this programme from approval to production.

Most importantly, this is not a team learning the district. Our geology leadership explored these deposits. Our process manager has treated this ore. Our projects director has commissioned plants of this kind. The conversion risk in this project is low because the knowledge is not being hired in from outside.

Board and directors

Those accountable for delivery.

Complementary strengths across engineering, geology, processing and commerce.

Dean Pontin

Managing Director

A mining and environmental engineer who has permitted, built and run gold and copper operations for three decades.

A mining and environmental engineer with a career spanning more than three decades in the gold and copper sector, and a background in investment banking. Dean has a proven record in permitting, project development, construction and operations, covering risk assessment, long-term planning, environmental permitting and engineering, cost control, and contractor negotiation and supervision. He has led multicultural, multinational projects and is the proponent and director behind GCM's permitting and development programme.

Placer Dome
Newmont
Porgera
Batu Hijau
Toka Tindung
Sepon

Neb Zurkic

Geology Manager & Director

The geologist who originally explored these deposits, during the years that reshaped Fosterville.

The original explorer of the GCM deposits, which he evaluated as a senior project geologist in the district during the years surrounding the Fosterville sulphide discovery. Neb holds a Master of Mineral and Energy Economics and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology, and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. He has held senior technical roles across Australia, Indonesia, Peru and Ghana, and brings an extensive historical drill database with him.

Perseverance Corporation
Newmont
Republic Gold
Yanacocha
AMC Consultants

Chris Stephenson

Commerce Director

Three decades running the financial and commercial affairs of multinational mining companies.

An accountant with more than three decades of experience managing the financial and commercial affairs of multinational entities, in country and offshore. Chris has worked extensively with private and public companies across the mining and construction industries of the Asia Pacific, with expertise in financial planning and analysis, stakeholder management and strategic planning.

PT Agincourt Resources
Archipelago Resources
Global Drilling & Exploration

Dave Morison

Projects Director

A processing engineer who has commissioned and managed gold plants across Asia and the Pacific.

A minerals processing graduate of RMIT with more than three decades of project delivery and plant management behind him, including general management of gold operations in Indonesia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea. Dave oversees the design, procurement and commissioning of the Nagambie Processing Hub.

Toka Tindung
Chatree
Mt Muro
Porgera
Mincore

Area managers

The people on the ground.

Each operational area has a manager accountable for its safety, environmental, social, infrastructure and operating programmes.

Ken Holms

Construction Manager

Building the Nagambie Processing Hub, with three decades of heavy construction behind him.

More than three decades in construction, primarily delivering mining, minerals processing and renewable energy facilities, with long experience as a construction manager. Ken manages the contractors and company personnel building the Nagambie Processing Hub, and is responsible for delivering construction and commissioning to the project's safety, environmental and quality standards.

Construction management
Minerals processing
Renewable energy
Nagambie Hub

Dave English

Process Manager

Has processed the Golden Camel ore bodies before, and will commission the plant that treats them again.

More than three decades in metals processing, including work on several deposits in Central Victoria — and direct experience processing the Golden Camel ore bodies. Dave leads process engineering and optimisation for the treatment facility, will be responsible for its commissioning and operational readiness, and will hold operational control of all gold processing at the hub.

Metals processing
Central Victoria
Golden Camel ore
Commissioning

Peter Johnson

Community, Employment & Sustainability

Holds the community relationships and ESG programmes that let the company operate at all.

More than two decades in community development, employee relations and sustainability programmes. Peter implements GCM's Environmental, Sustainability and Governance programmes, leads recruitment and onboarding of the construction and operational workforce, and manages the community social licence that allows the company to operate across several sites with local support.

ESG programmes
Community development
Employee relations
Social licence

Gary Campbell

Safety & Training Manager

Safety systems and operational integration; GCM's mining manager through the trial mining periods.

More than three decades as an operations manager with a focus on safety systems implementation. Gary is updating the company's safety, environmental, construction and operations documentation, and will be responsible for the integration of mining and haulage activities. He previously acted as GCM's mining manager through the trial mining periods.

Safety systems
Operations
Mining & haulage
Trial mining

James Earle

Renewable Energy Hub Manager

Chief Executive of our joint venture partner, responsible for the renewable energy hub.

More than two decades in permitting, government consulting and company management, with several Victorian developments delivered. James is Chief Executive of Nagambie Resources Limited, GCM's joint venture partner in the renewable energy hub, and will be responsible for commissioning and operating the hub's facilities and the sale of its energy and by-products.

Nagambie Resources
Permitting
Government consulting
Renewable energy

Advisers

Reach beyond the goldfield.

Advisers supporting GCM across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas — in governance, regulation, financing and institutional relationships.

Louis van Uem

Board member, GCM · Chief Executive, VUC

Large-scale project management, mining policy, and aligning stakeholders around shared objectives.

An experienced business adviser with proven expertise in large-scale project management, policy development and mining operations. Louis is distinguished by a deep understanding of strategic planning, an ability to identify and mitigate risk, and a strong aptitude for aligning stakeholders around shared objectives. He excels at navigating complex regulatory landscapes and driving sustainable growth, bridging policy precision with on-the-ground execution.

Europe · Africa · Middle East

VUC
Golden Camel Mining
Project management
Mining policy
Policy development
Regulatory navigation
Stakeholder alignment
Risk mitigation
Strategic planning

Manuel Makki

Strategic adviser

Former President of SAP Middle East, supporting institutional relationships across Europe and the Gulf.

A former President of SAP Middle East with more than two decades at the company, Manuel has advised at head-of-state level in southern Africa and counselled parliamentarians in France and executives across the Gulf. He supports GCM on institutional relationships and market access through Europe and the Middle East.

Middle East · Europe

SAP Middle East
Institutional relations
Government advisory
Market access

Sethu Nandakumar Menon

Strategic adviser

Legal structuring, project financing and infrastructure project law across three continents.

A Visiting Fellow at the Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, and Founding Partner of Menon's Legal in Dubai. Sethu brings expertise in legal structuring, project financing and infrastructure project law across the UAE, the United States and India.

UAE · USA · India

Menon's Legal
Space Policy Institute
Project financing
Infrastructure law

Paul Bellamy

Strategic adviser

Governance, stakeholder engagement and institutional relationships in resources and infrastructure.

A strategic adviser with expertise in governance, stakeholder engagement and institutional relationships across the resources and infrastructure sectors, spanning the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Middle East · Europe · Asia · Australia

Governance
Stakeholder engagement
Institutional relations
Resources & infrastructure

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