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Stephen Ward Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Qualifications BSc (Hons),Chemistry, PhD in Physical Chemistry

Appointed 16 December 2009

Stephen (Steve) Ward has over 30 years experience in the Chemical, mining and minerals processing industries. He is a graduate from the University of Nottingham; BSc Hons Chemistry (1976) and PhD in Physical Chemistry (1979). Steve gained 20 years broad experience with titanium pigment producer Tioxide Group Ltd (now Huntsman Pigments) where he worked in production, operational, engineering and technical roles at the Australian production facility.

He became the inaugural General Manager responsible for the development and startup of Tioxide’s manufacturing facilities in Malaysia (early 90’s). He has subsequently moved to business management roles based in the UK and became an executive director of the global company with general management responsibility for the European, Middle East and Southern Africa business unit.

He then spent 7 years with Australian publicly listed minerals sands producer Iluka where he was President of the USA mining and processing operations and global Executive General Manager responsible for sales and marketing and business development.

He then formed his own consulting business providing services to the resources and chemicals industries. He is currently engaged by Cristal, a Saudi Arabian based titanium pigment producer as Senior Vice President Strategy and Development. Steve is a former non executive director of Australian publicly listed mineral sands producer Consolidated Rutile Ltd.

He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Gavin Lockyer Company Secretary / CFO Qualifications BBus, CA Appointed 19 June 2006 Gavin Lockyer is a graduate in accounting and finance. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the Finance and Treasury Association of Australia. He has 15 years experience in the banking and mining industries. Gavin has previously had roles with Newmont, Newcrest, Tethyan Copper Company, Bankwest and ANZ Australia and Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank London.

Steven Mackowski GM - Project Development Qualifications BAppSc, MEng (in progress) Appointed 13 March 2006 Steven Mackowski is a qualified engineer with 30 years technical and operational experience in uranium, industrial minerals, nickel, kaolin and iron ore. Steve also has experience in utility industries including gas and electric power generation. He has worked most recently with Sydney Gas and previously with the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority, Iluka, Tiwest, WMC, Comalco, Hamersley Iron and Mary Kathleen Uranium.


Richard Brescianini GM - Strategic Development & Exploration Qualifications BSc(Hons) Appointed 18 March 2007 Richard Brescianini is a graduate in geology and geophysics, and has extensive private and public sector experience in the minerals industry in a career that spans 20 years. From 1987 to 1999, Richard worked with BHP Minerals on base and precious metals exploration programs throughout Australasia and North America, contributing to significant economic discoveries at Eloise (copper-gold) and Cannington (silver-lead-zinc). Richard held the position of Chief Geophysicist with the Northern Territory Geological Survey from 1999 to 2002. More recently he led the Survey as its Director, responsible for major geoscience initiatives and investment attraction strategies.


Brian Fowler Manager Sustainability Qualifications Dip Front Line Management Appointed 12 November 2007 Brian Fowler is a broadly experienced Environmental Manager with 30+ years industry experience throughout Australia. Brian has worked predominantly in the gold and base metals sectors in mining, mineral processing and exploration in a range of roles during his extensive career. He also has extensive experience in land access and community engagement including indigenous employment. Most recently, Brian worked for Newmont Australia as their Snr Regional Manager Environmental and prior to that for Normandy, Bendigo Gold, Metana Minerals, Billiton and Peko Wallsend.

Shasha Lu Executive Director Qualifications PhD, Masters degree Appointed 1 July 2009 Ms. Shasha Lu was Executive Director and CEO of Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous Mineral Resources Co. Ltd. (HKECE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern China Exploration & Development Bureau (ECE). HKECE holds the foreign business interests of ECE. As an employee of Arafura and based in Nanjing in the Peoples Republic of China, Ms. Lu is responsible for Business Development opportunities and synergies for Arafura within China. Ms Lu holds a Degree in Medicine from the Tianjin University, China and a Masters Degree from Nanjing University, China. She is currently studying for an EMBA in Nanjing University. Ms Lu has worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and as a Visiting Scholar at the Geneva University during which time, she undertook some work in the World Health Organisation. In 2008, Ms Lu Shasha joined Eastern China Exploration & Development Bureau and became the executive director and CEO of Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous Mineral Resources Co Ltd. Ms Lu is also a director of Australian ECE Nolans Investment Limited and ECE Nolans.