Board of Directors

Kevin Moriarty BSc (Hons), PhD, MAusIMM

Executive Chairman

Dr Moriarty is a professional geologist and company director whose career has included involvement in geophysical and geological projects in the petroleum and minerals sectors. Both his early and later career has focussed on base and precious metal exploration and industrial mineral projects in many countries.  Dr Moriarty is the Chairman of the Board and a director of Western Mediterranean Zinc Spa, the company which owns and operates the Oued Amizour Zinc Project in Algeria.

Michael Kennedy BComm (Economics)

Chair, Risk & Compliance committee; Audit; Nomination & Remuneration committees

Mr Kennedy has enjoyed a 35 year career in the mining industry and has held a number of senior marketing and logistics roles with CRA; managed raw material sales from the Broken Hill, Cobar and Woodlawn mines; managed raw material supply into Port Pirie lead smelter, Budel zinc smelter (Netherlands) and the Avonmouth (UK) and Cockle Creek (Newcastle) zinc/lead smelters. He was resident Director of the Korea Zinc group of companies in Australia from 1991 until early 2005.

(Robert) Bryan Davis BSc (Tech), FAIMM, MAICD

Chair, Tala Hamza Risk Assessment Committee; Nomination & Remuneration Committee

Mr Davis is a qualified mining engineer with over 40 years' experience in the mining and resources industry. Mr Davis has held a variety of senior corporate and operational roles during his career, including as Chief Executive Officer and subsequently, as a non-executive director of Newcrest Mining Limited.  Mr Davis was formerly Executive Director - Mining at Pasminco Limited, and held a range of senior management positions at CRA Limited.  He currently acts as an independent, non-executive director on the boards of OneSteel Limited and Coal & Allied Limited.

Steve Bonett BCom, LLB (Hons)

Chair, Nomination & Remuneration committee; Audit committee

Mr Bonett is a corporate lawyer and company director, holding degrees in Commerce and Law.  He is a former partner of Finlaysons Lawyers and in that role led several major transactions in Australia and overseas. He currently is a director of numerous companies in the Precision Group, a national property, finance and investment group. He is recognised as an expert in the field of corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has also served on the Boards of not for profit organisations, including most recently The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation. Mr Bonett is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Corporate Lawyers' Association.

Robert Jones B.App. Sc., Dip. Prim. Met.

Tala Hamza Risk Assessment; Risk & Compliance Committees

Mr. Jones is a metallurgist with over 35 years of experience in the zinc-lead copper resources sector in both mining and refining. He has overseen the construction, commissioning and operation of mining and mineral processing operations in both Australia and the US.  Mr Jones spent a number of years as President of US Operations for Pasminco Limited, most notably responsible for the Tennessee zinc mining and smelting operations, and as GM of the company's Port Pirie lead smelter.   As former COO of Terramin Australia Limited, he oversaw the development of the Angas Zinc Project and was involved in the preliminary phases of the Oued Amizour Project.  He has held numerous executive and non-executive directorships. Throughout his career he has been actively involved in the zinc industry, including executive positions with the International Lead Zinc Research Organization and the American Zinc Association. 

Peter Zachert BBus, MGeoscience, MCom, FCA, FAIM

Chair, Audit Committee; Risk & Compliance Committee

Mr Zachert is a Chartered Accountant and Company Director. His executive background is primarily in Resources and Diversified Industrials in Australia and overseas, most recently as CFO of Elders Limited.  Previous positions held by Mr Zachert include Director and CFO of Cyprus Australia Coal Company, CFO of Delta Gold Limited and senior roles in Prodeco SA and Exxon Coal and Mineral Company Limited.   Mr Zachert is a Director of Agricultural Land Trust and a Director of a number of private companies.

Xie Yaheng MSc, Senior Engineer

Mr Xie is Vice-President of NFC and Chairman of Guangdong Zhujiang Rare Earth Co., Ltd, a company in which NFC holds a 72% interest. Mr Xie's first degree is in Electrical Engineering and he was a senior electrical engineer at the Design Institute.  Mr Xie has further degrees in Finance and Business Administration, and project management experience at zinc and copper mines in Mongolia, Zambia and Vietnam.