The Robust management team is comprised of a group of technical professionals with significant resources and Indonesian experience that will ensure strong management.
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General Manager Indonesia - Dr George Katchan - BSc (Hons) PhD (Sydney Univ.)
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Dr Katchan is a geologist with a diverse and highly varied work experience encompassing some 28 years of mineral exploration of which 12 years were spent while on foreign assignments (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). His recent roles have included directorships with two ASX-listed junior companies. Dr Katchan's professional memberships include: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Geological Society of Australia, The Society of Exploration Geologists and The Association of Applied Geochemists. | |
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Company Secretary - Ian Mitchell - BA, Dip Law (Sydney)
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Mr Mitchell is a practicing solicitor of over thirty years standing. He has been a Director and Company Secretary of a number of public listed Mining and Industrial companies and his legal expertise is in commercial, contractual and ASIC and ASX compliance work. | |
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Chief Operating Officer - Gordon Lewis - BEng, MEng
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With 40+ years experience in the mining industry brings a wealth of knowledge to Robust. He has worked extensively within Australia, South-East Asia and Central Asia in both mining and exploration companies and was the founding Mining Manager at Rio Tinto’s Kelian Gold Project in Indonesia. Mr Lewis most recently worked as President Director of PT Avocet Bolaang Mongondow, and was crucial in the development of Indonesia’s first successful heap leach operation for that group. | |
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Warrick Clent – Corporate and External Affairs
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Mr Clent is a geologist with 17 years experience in exploration and mining within Australia and Indonesia. Between 1994 and 2009 he gained experience in exploring for gold and base metals across Western Australia and South Australia, including time with companies such as Anaconda Nickel Ltd and WMC Resources (later BHP Billiton), in a variety of mining and exploration roles. He joined Robust Resources Ltd in April 2009 as Exploration Manager for the company on its Indonesian polymetallic Romang Island Project, before moving to his current role in August 2011. He has a BSc (Geology) from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. | |
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Exploration Manager - Ian Bruce M.Sc (in Mineral Exploration)
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Ian is a highly experienced exploration geologist who holds a B.Sc (Hons) from Queensland University and an M.Sc in Mineral Exploration from James Cook University. He has extensive, hands-on project management and evaluation experience across his 32 years of experience in the industry within a wide range of near-mine and remote area exploration programmes in northern Australia and Southeast Asia. This experience includes assisting with the exploration discovery of gold mineralisation on Wetar Island (Maluku Province, Indonesia) which led to the development of the Lerokis gold-barite mine. From 2001 until December 2010 Ian acted as Site Manager then Exploration Manager for Herald Resources Ltd. in Indonesia which included site management of the Dairi zinc-lead project from exploration through a successful Bankable Feasibility Study. | |
