Mr. Richards has over 37 years of study execution, project development, mining, mineral processing and corporate financing experience within the resource and mining service sectors. He has performed executive and non-executive roles with ASX and JSE listed companies and has fulfilled senior executive roles with BHP and Anaconda Nickel. He has held non-executive directorships with both listed companies and Joint Ventures. He has fulfilled the roles of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Burley Minerals Ltd, and Executive Chairman and CEO of Tawana Resources. As Managing Director of Brockman Resources, Mr. Richards was instrumental in the development of the Marillana Iron Ore Project to a Market Capitalization of circa A$970M. More recently, Mr. Richards has worked within the Lithium exploration and project development phases of Burley Minerals Limited.