David Sargeant

Mr Sargeant has more than 40 years of experience as a consultant and company director. As such, he has been involved in numerous mineral explorations, ore deposit evaluation and mining development projects. During his career, Mr Sargeant has held a range of senior positions, including that of senior geologist with Newmont Pty Limited, senior supervisory geologist with Esso Australia Limited, chief geologist at Telfer Gold Mine, exploration manager for the Adelaide Petroleum NL group of companies, manager of resources development for Sabminco NL and a technical director of Western Reefs Limited. Mr Sargeant managed an exploration and geological consulting business for 19 years, which included the formation and management of platinum and copper-gold companies in Botswana until they were taken over during 2005 to 2007 by United Kingdom listed public companies. He was the principal promoter in forming Empire Resources Limited and was previously the Managing Director of Empire Resources Limited.