Board and Management

Mr Warburton is a graduate of the Western Australia School of Mines with an Associate Degree in Mining Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Chairman of the Australian Mining and Prospectors Hall of Fame Foundation, and Councillor of the Western Australian School of Mines Alumni association.

Mr Warburton has worked within the mining industry his entire career in roles ranging from underground miner through to senior mining engineer to executive and non-executive directorships managing large mining and contracting companies. He has over 40 years of experience in all areas of mining operations. Over the period 2000–2012, Mr Warburton held senior positions with Barminco Limited culminating in his appointment as Chief Executive Officer from August 2007 to March 2012. During his time at Barminco, he managed the day-to-day Australian operations and coordinated the international expansion into West Africa and Egypt, establishing the company as the largest underground hard rock contractor in Australia and West Africa and more than doubling Barminco’s revenue. Prior to joining Barminco, Mr Warburton held several senior corporate positions including serving as Managing Director of Coolgardie Gold NL from 1990 to 1995.

Will Dix is a geologist with 30 years of experience in base metal, gold, and uranium exploration and mining. He has previously worked in Central and South America, Africa, and all across Australia. He has extensive expertise in project and team management, as well as significant experience in capital raisings, mergers, acquisitions, and divestments.

Mr Dix holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science (Geology) from Monash University, is a Fellow of AusIMM, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He is currently a non-executive director of Breakthrough Minerals (ASX: BTM) and Stelar Metals (ASX: SLB).

Mr Gale has over 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles across the public and private sectors, specialising in commercial and financial management. For the last 16 years, Chris has had extensive experience in the South American mining sector. He has developed and managed mining projects in Brazil, Argentina and Peru.

He founded Latin Resources Limited in 2008, an Australia-listed resources company, where he served as Managing Director and oversaw the development of the world-class Salinas Lithium Deposit in Brazil for Latin Resources from discovery through to the successful sale of Latin Resources (ASX: LRS) to Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) in 2025 for circa $600m. Mr Gale is currently a Non-Executive Chairman of Solis Minerals Limited (ASX: SLM, TSXV: SLMN) and Non-Executive Chairman of Core Energy Minerals Limited (ASX: CR3). Chris is the former Chairman of the Council on Australian Latin American Relations (COALAR) from 2012 to 2018. He is also the founding Director of Allegra Capital, a boutique corporate advisory firm and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Mr Traicos is a lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in commercial and corporate affairs in Australia and Southern Africa. Mr Traicos has acted as company secretary and commercial manager to several Australian resource companies and has been involved in resource projects and acquisitions in Australia, Africa and Indonesia. Mr Traicos is currently a director of Bassari Resources Limited, Pacific Bauxite NL and Abyssinian Gold PLC and company secretary/commercial/legal manager of Abyssinian Metals Limited. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Natal and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Rhodesia.

Ms Mueller is a mining engineer and project-management specialist with global open-pit operations experience across gold and iron ore. 

Amanda serves as Director, Mining Investments & Project Development at Integra Capital and is responsible for leading technical due diligence and project evaluation, applying mining-engineering and project-management expertise across M&A, financing, and strategic-partnership opportunities  across a critical-minerals portfolio. 

Prior to Integra Capital, Amanda served roles as Senior Mining Engineer at MACA Mining Ltd, and Mining Engineer at Vale SA.