Peter Buck

Mr Buck is a geologist with more than 49 years of international mineral exploration and production experience, principally in nickel, base metals and gold. During his career he has been associated with the discovery and development of a number of mineral deposits in Australia and Brazil. He worked with WMC for 23 years in a variety of senior exploration and production roles both in Australia and Brazil before joining Forrestania Gold NL as Exploration Manager in 1994. Forrestania Gold was subsequently acquired by LionOre International Ltd with whom he became the Director of Exploration and Geology until mid-2006. He managed the highly successful exploration team that delineated the Maggie Hays nickel deposit and discovered the Emily Ann, Waterloo and Amorac nickel deposits and the two-million ounce Thunderbox gold deposit in Western Australia. All of these were subsequently developed into mines. He played a key senior management role in progressing these deposits through feasibility studies to production. He also played key senior advisory roles in indigenous relations in Australia and in LionOre Internationals African operations and new business development. During this period he was also a Non-Executive director with Gallery Resources Limited and Breakaway Resources Limited