Board of Directors

Terramin Australia Limited is governed by a Board with an emphasis on entrepreneurial skills and experience in mineral exploration, development, production and finance.

Michael Kennedy BComm (Economics)

Chairman: Board of Directors. Chair: Risk & Compliance committee. Audit committee; Nomination & Remuneration committee

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.

Nic Clift

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Nic has over 30 years of international experience in the mining and base metals extraction, refining, and recycling industries. He has worked in a variety of corporate, management, project, development, and operating roles, and has extensive experience of dealing with Government and Local Administration. More than a third of his career has been spent in Africa; most recently he ran Kamoto Operating Limited in the DRC, and prior to that CBG in Guinea. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester, holds an MBA from the University of Queensland, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM).

Xie Yaheng MSc, Senior Engineer

Non-Executive Director

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.

Mr Angelo Siciliano FIPA, Registered Tax Agent, BBUS, PGrad

Non-Executive Director

Mr Siciliano has more than 20 years' experience as an accountant in property development and financial services.  For the last 16 years, Mr Siciliano has owned and managed an accounting practice predominantly focusing on taxation advice and business consulting.  Mr Siciliano is a fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants and is a director of Resource Base Limited, a gold producer listed on the ASX.

Mr Kevin McGuinness

Chair: Audit Committee. Risk & Compliance Committee

Mr McGuinness is a finance executive with more than 20 years of experience as a director and in executive management with ASX listed and private companies in the mining, medical equipment industries and not-for-profit organisations. Mr McGuinness was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Exact Mining Services. Mr McGuinness is the current Chairman of Zero Waste SA, a director and former Chairman of the Royal Zoological Society of SA and a former director of Ellex Medical Lasers Limited.

Mr Feng Sheng

Non-Executive Director

Mr Sheng is Chairman of Melbourne based ASIPAC Group. Mr Sheng has owned and operated several businesses over the years predominantly focused in property investment and development. Asipac Group is an active investor in the resources sector and is an active member of the Australia China Business Council and sponsors this organisation at national and state level.