Ashok Parekh
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Ashok Parekh is a Chartered Accountant with over 40 years’ experience and is the founder of a large and well-established accounting practice in the Western Australian Goldfields. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Horizon Minerals Limited and OzAurum Resources Limited.
Mr Parekh has extensive experience advising mining companies and mining service providers and has played a key role in structuring and negotiating mining transactions that have led to multiple companies being publicly listed. He has deep expertise in gold project development, corporate transactions and governance, gained through decades of involvement in the Goldfields mining industry.
He was a founding shareholder of Silver Lake Resources Limited, where he negotiated the acquisition of the Daisy Milano gold asset, and a founding shareholder and Non-Executive Chairman of MacPhersons Reward NL. Mr Parekh has also served as Executive Chairman of AI Consolidated Gold and as a Non-Executive Director of Kingswest Resources Limited, and has held senior executive roles, including Managing Director positions, in gold mining and milling operations.
In recognition of his contribution to the profession and the resources industry, Mr Parekh was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 and the Meritorious Service Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Institute’s highest honour. He is widely respected in the Western Australian mining industry and has a strong commercial background, including ownership interests in numerous Goldfield’s businesses.
Warren Hallam
Non-Executive Director
Warren Hallam is highly experienced metallurgist and mineral economist with extensive operational and executive experience and expertise in financing, developing and operating of base metal and gold projects within Australia.
Mr Hallam has considerable technical, managerial and financial experience across a broad range of commodities including copper, nickel, tin, gold and iron ore. He has held numerous board and senior executive positions within the resources sector including directorships of Westgold Resources Limited, Aziana Limited, Nelson Resources Limited and was the Managing Director of Metals Exploration Limited, Metals X Limited, Capricorn Metals Limited and Millennium Minerals Limited.
Mr Hallam has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgy, a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, and a Graduate Diploma of Business.
Rob (Robert) Waugh
MSc, BSc, FAusIMM, MAIG
Geologist & Director – Exploration, Discovery & Development
Rob Waugh has more than 35 years’ experience in the resources sector with the majority in gold and base metals. Rob has held senior exploration management roles at major mining houses WMC Resources Limited (WMC) and BHP Billiton Limited (BHP), prior to his Managing Director role with Musgrave Minerals Ltd which culminated with the $200M acquisition by Ramelius Resources Ltd in late 2023. Rob is currently a Non-executive Director with Future Battery Minerals Ltd and Caprice Resources Ltd.
Rob has had significant exploration success over his career, including being part of the teams that discovered the Break of Day, White Heat and Big Sky gold deposits at Cue Western Australia, the Nebo-Babel Ni-Cu deposit in the West Musgrave region of WA, the Cobbler gold deposit at Norseman WA, and the Duke Batman and Honeypot uranium deposits in Queensland.
Rob holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Science (Mineral Economics) from the Western Australian School of Mines. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is currently Non-Executive Chair of Caprice Resources Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Future Battery Minerals Limited.
Grant Haywood
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr Haywood is a mining engineer with over 30 years’ experience in underground and open cut mining operations and is a graduate of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM). Grant also attained his Masters in Mineral Economics from WASM, holds a First Class Mine Managers Certificate and is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has managed mining projects in senior leadership positions from feasibility through to development and operations predominantly in the Western Australian goldfields for junior and multinational gold mining companies including Phoenix Gold, Saracen Mineral Holdings and Gold Fields.
Brendan Shalders
CFO & Joint Company Secretary
Brendan is an experienced mining executive with over 20 years experience in the mining and mining services industries. He has extensive experience in strategy formation, corporate finance, risk management, leadership and business development.
Most recently Brendan was CFO of Endurance Mining where as part of the team the business successfully executed a Deed of Company Arrangement to exit the Abra Mine out of voluntary administration. Following this milestone the business quickly progressed business improvement initiatives which resulted in the business delivering consistent positive cash flows.
Prior to Endurance, Brendan was CEO at Poseidon Nickel Ltd where the business focused on targeted exploration which identified a number of gold and copper targets across Poseidon’s three projects. The Company’s growing number of gold exploration targets, combined with significant processing and other infrastructure, led to the business merging with Horizon Minerals Ltd via Scheme of Arrangement during February 2025.
Isabel Macchia
Company Secretary
Stephen Guy
Chief Geologist
Stephen Guy is a geologist with over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, specialising in exploration, production, and project start-ups for both open pit and underground operations. His career spans key regions in Australia, including Western Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland, where he has collaborated with leading companies such as BHP, Newcrest, St Barbara Gold, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and Gindalbie Metals. Stephen’s expertise covers a diverse range of commodities, including gold, copper, nickel, base metals, and iron ore.Â
Adrianna Skok-Muir
Group Mining Engineer
Adrianna has over 25 years’ experience as a mining engineer, project manager and industry leader. She brings extensive strategic, technical and operational expertise across both open pit and underground mining environments, with a strong track record in feasibility studies and project delivery.
Her career includes senior roles with South32, Iluka Resources, Optiro and Xenith Consulting, working across a range of commodities including gold and nickel in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Adrianna has held positions such as Principal Mining Engineer, Project Manager and Underground Manager (statutory appointment), demonstrating her capability in both leadership and technical capacities.
She holds a Master’s degree in Mine Planning and Design, a Diploma in Project Management, and a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency. Adrianna is also a Member of the AusIMM.
Christian Price
GM Corporate Development
Christian Price is a seasoned mining executive with approximately 20 years’ experience as a mining engineer, mine manager, mineral economist, and corporate leader. Most recently, he served as an Executive Director at Nimy Resources Limited (ASX: NIM), and has held senior operational and management roles across listed companies, from early-stage explorers to global gold producer Gold Fields Limited. In his role as General Manager – Corporate Development at Horizon Minerals, Christian plays a key part in driving the company’s growth strategy, bringing extensive operational, technical, management, and corporate expertise.
He holds a degree in Mining Engineering and a Master’s in Mineral Economics from the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), along with a WA First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency.
Christian is a strong advocate for the mining sector’s future, having served as past President of the WA School of Mines Alumni (WASMA). He is the Co-founder and current Chair of the CoRE Learning Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation connecting industry, community, education, and government to meet student needs and build sustainable workforces for the Australian mining industry.