Board and
Management

Mr Paul Poli BCom FCPA DFP

Mr Poli is a fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and a former registered Securities Trader. He was the founder and managing partner of a taxation and business advisory firm for 19 years prior to founding and heading Matsa Resources Ltd from 2009 to date. He is well versed in all aspects of business, particularly financial management through both his previous consulting roles and through his personal ownership of private companies in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South East Asia. Mr Poli led the negotiations for several significant transactions for Matsa  including the $14M Norseman sale to Panoramic, $6M minority interest sale to Westgold, and $7M Symons Hill IGO joint venture. Mr Poli, in his capacity as Chairman of Bulletin Resources also negotiated the sale of Halls Creek for $12M to Pantoro, and the $5.7M  Apollo transaction.

He has been chairman of Matsa Resources Limited for over 10 years and a significant investor in the mining industry, Mr Poli is particularly well qualified to drive the creation of a significant mining and exploration company.

Mr Poli is also Chairman of the Bulletin Resources Limited and the West-Sure group of companies.

Mr Andrew Chapman BBus CA F Fin GAICD

Mr Chapman is a chartered accountant with 25 years’ experience in publicly listed companies in the mineral resources, oil and gas and technology sectors.

He has held Board positions as well as other senior roles including Director, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. Mr Chapman has vast experience in the areas of corporate acquisitions, divestments and capital raisings. He has developed specialist knowledge of dealing with ASX and other corporate regulatory bodies, financial institutions and other advisory groups.

Mr Chapman is an associate member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Mr Robert Ryan

Mr Ryan is a mining engineer with more than 20 years’ experience across Western Australian gold operations, spanning mine planning, technical services, operational management, feasibility studies and project development. He is currently an Executive Director of Mineral Mining Services, a Western Australian contract mining business, having previously served as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that he was Managing Director of Rox Resources Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Bardoc Gold Limited. His earlier career includes senior operational and technical roles with Norton Gold Fields at the Paddington operations near Kalgoorlie, Barrick Gold at Kanowna Belle and Gold Fields at St Ives. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) from the Western Australian School of Mines and a First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency.

Mr Graham Ascough

Mr Ascough is a geophysicist and senior resources executive with more than 35 years’ experience evaluating mineral projects and resources in Australia and overseas. He has played a leading role in setting strategic direction, completing financings and implementing successful exploration programmes across a number of ASX-listed companies, and was Chairman of Musgrave Minerals Limited through its discovery success at Cue and its acquisition by Ramelius Resources Limited. He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Black Canyon Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Patronus Resources Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Geopacific Resources Limited and a member of the AusIMM.

Mr Leonard Lau

Mr Lau is a Perth-based corporate development and investor relations executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the mining, energy and natural resources sector, spanning mergers and acquisitions, investment evaluation, strategic planning, commercial analysis and shareholder communications. He has held senior corporate development, strategy and investor relations roles with Glencore, Leo Lithium, Western Areas and Woodside Energy, including eight years as General Manager, Corporate Development at Western Areas through to its $1.3B acquisition by IGO Limited in 2022.  He was also part of Xstrata’s core business development team which undertook 22 transactions growing Xstrata to US$60B before its acquisition by Glencore in 2013. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Mathematics and Finance from the University of Western Australia and is a CFA charter holder.

Ratha Kheowkhamsaeng BA U.S.A

Mr. Kheowkhamsaeng has 20 years management experience in Thailand, having been a director of 5 Thai and Thai/Japanese companies, mainly in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. He is well versed in local customs and culture and has vast experience in the law and business principles of Thailand.

Mr Kheowkhamsaeng has been the Managing Director of Matsa’s Thailand subsidiaries since 2010 and is responsible for dealing with the Thailand government and managing all aspects of Matsa’s operations in Thailand.

 He brings extensive Thai business knowledge and contacts.