Ms Bates is an adviser to the global resources sector with public company director experience spanning international legal, ESG and corporate governance. Ms Bates also brings regional experience in the Balkans through her prior involvement with Adriatic Metals. Ms Bates is a United Kingdom based international lawyer and public company director with over 25 years of top-tier private practice and in-house experience advising management teams and boards of both listed and private companies in Europe, North America and Africa. She is a risk assessment and ESG specialist and brings experience of guiding companies in the natural resources sector through negotiations often with a cross-cultural element. Ms Bates was previously Executive Director of ASX Listed Predictive Discovery Limited until its recent merger with Robex Resources and Non-Executive Director of ASX/LSE listed Adriatic Metals Plc until its acquisition by Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Ms Bates' prior executive experience includes General Counsel roles at TSX-V listed Elemental Royalty Corp. and Avesoro Resources and she was previously a partner at Canadian firm Stikeman Elliott LLP. Through her involvement with Adriatic Metals, Ms Bates developed experience operating in the Balkans region, including exposure to the regulatory, stakeholder and operating environments relevant to mining projects in South-Eastern Europe.
