Directorate

   

Non-executive Chairman
Peter J Slaughter

Mr Slaughter is well known in the mining industry and financial community and worked for MIM Holdings Limited in Australia and internationally over a period of 30 years. In addition to his operating experience Mr Slaughter's international background as a senior manager and non-executive Director provides valuable experience and insights for Monto Minerals.

More recently Mr Slaughter has undertaken management consulting and advisory work and is closely associated with Wilson HTM Corporate Finance Limited and Brisbane management consulting group Competitive Dynamics Pty Ltd. He is also on the Advisory Council of the Sporting Wheelies and was President of the Qld and NT division of the Australian Institute of Management until May 2004.

Mr Slaughter has been a Director of Monto Minerals since 28 May 2002.

Member of the Audit Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee. Member of the Nominations Committee.

   
 

Chief Executive Officer
Mike Christie

 
   

Non-executive Director
Richard I Cottee

Mr Cottee has broad experience in commercial and management roles. He holds a Law Degree from the University of Queensland and was admitted to practice in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. He is currently Managing D9rector of Queensland Gas Company (appointed 24 October 2002) and previously held 

positions as Managing Director UK and Eire for NRG Energy Limited, CEO of CS Energy. Executive Director of Cyprus Australia Coal, Commercial Manager Santos and Business Development Manager of Itochu Australia Limited.

Mr Cottee has been a Director of Monto Minerals since      13 December 2002.

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Audit Committee.

   
UK Non-executive Director
Peter J Freeman

Mr Freeman read engineering at Oxford University and received a Master's Degree from London Business School. He then spent eight years with Continental Illinois National Bank in Chicago and London, working in natural resources.

 

In 1981 he joined MN Rothschild & Sons Ltd, eventually becoming a Director within the corporate finance department, responsible for the natural resources sector. In 1989 he joined Warrior as one of the founding partners. Following its sale to Standard Bank of South Africa in 1997, he agreed to stay on for three years. At the end of this period, In October 2000, he left to form Cutfield Freeman & Co. Ltd.

During a working life spent almost entirely within the natural resources sector, Mr Freeman has undertaken a range of transactions for both companies and governments. These include advice on equity raising, funding for major projects, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, asset disposals, government relations and regulatory issues, privatisations, bullion and trade financing, as well as general corporate advice.

Mr Freeman has been a Director of Monto Minerals since 25 May 2006.

Member of the Audit Committee.

   
UK Non-executive Director
Christopher A Barrington

Mr Barrington was until recently the Managing Director and majority owner of Raw Material Solutions Ltd., a UK based distributor and merchant of industrial raw materials, representing a number of international mining companies, including a major Australian producer of mineral sands. Mr Barrington recently
formed and is a director of Papillon Mineral Services Ltd., providing representation and consultancy services in the industrial raw materials field.

Mr Barrington was previously Managing Director of Fergusson Wild & Co. Limited. Prior to this he worked for LKAB, as Managing Director in the UK and later as Manager Director in Singapore.

Mr Barrington is also a director of Bagshot (High Street) Management Company Ltd and a Non-executive Director of Prince Minerals S.A.

Member of the Nominations Committee.
   

Company Secretary
Daniel E Huff

Mr Huff joined Monto Minerals on 1 July 2003 and was appointed-Company Secretary on 27 July 2005. He is also currently employed as the Financial Controller.

Mr Huff holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and has completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance conducted by Chartered Secretaries Australia Ltd.
 

Member & Secretary of the Audit Committee. Member and Secretary of the Remuneration Committee
 


 

Auditors

BDO Kendalls
Level 18
300 Queen Street
Brisbane Qld 4000


Solicitors

Clayton Utz
Level 26
215 Adelaide Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000


Hopgood Ganim Lawyers
Level 8, Waterfront Place
1 Eagle Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000
 

Bankers

Commonwealth Bank
240 Queen Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
 
 
AIM Nomad and Broker
 
Ambrian Partners Limited
Old Change House
128 Victoria Street
London EC4V 4BJ
United Kingdom