Mr Haslam has 35 years experience in a range of commodities including iron ore, coal, gold, nickel, copper and manganese. His operating experience includes senior management positions with civil and mining contractors Downer Group, HWE Mining, Mineral Recourses Limited (ASX: MIN), Thiess and AWP Contractors. In addition, he has undertaken a number of long-term leadership consulting positions with major Australian mining companies across Australia. For 9 years, he was a non-executive director of BC Iron Limited (now known as BC Minerals Ltd (ASX: BCI)) and CEO of Territory Resources Ltd (ASX: TTY) and currently consults to several ASX listed mining companies.