SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mr Russell Bradford
Project Manager
Mr Bradford is a qualified Metallurgist with over 20 years experience in both operational and project management roles in Africa and Australia. From 1986 to 1995, he worked for Anglo American in their Gold Division based at the ERGO gold and uranium reclamation works in Johannesburg. Mr Bradford then moved to Bamangwato Concessions Limited (BCL Ltd) in Botswana, a large scale nickel copper complex where he worked until 2005, managing both the concentrator and smelter before becoming General Manager Operations. In 2006 Mr Bradford transferred to Perth where he held the senior management positions of General Manager Projects and then General Manager Operations for LionOre Mining International’s nickel mines in Australia. Most recently he was General Manager, Project Development at Mantra Resources Limited, an African-focused uranium company, where he took the Mkuju River Project through the Definitive Feasibility Study phase, prior to its acquisition by ARMZ for approximately A$1 billion in 2011.
Project Manager
Mr Bradford is a qualified Metallurgist with over 20 years experience in both operational and project management roles in Africa and Australia. From 1986 to 1995, he worked for Anglo American in their Gold Division based at the ERGO gold and uranium reclamation works in Johannesburg. Mr Bradford then moved to Bamangwato Concessions Limited (BCL Ltd) in Botswana, a large scale nickel copper complex where he worked until 2005, managing both the concentrator and smelter before becoming General Manager Operations. In 2006 Mr Bradford transferred to Perth where he held the senior management positions of General Manager Projects and then General Manager Operations for LionOre Mining International’s nickel mines in Australia. Most recently he was General Manager, Project Development at Mantra Resources Limited, an African-focused uranium company, where he took the Mkuju River Project through the Definitive Feasibility Study phase, prior to its acquisition by ARMZ for approximately A$1 billion in 2011.
Mr Andrew Boyd
Manager Geoscience
Mr Boyd is a qualified Geophysicist with over 20 years experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry in Australia and Africa. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Most recently, Mr Boyd was involved with Mantra Resources Limited, an African-focused uranium company, where he guided the exploration and initial drilling through to the delineation of the >100 million pound Mkuju River Project uranium resource. As Manager Geoscience he was responsible for the development of Mantra’s geoscience function, including resource and geological inputs into Pre-Feasibility and Definitive Feasibility Studies, prior to Manra’s acquisition by ARMZ for approximately A$1 billion in 2011.
Manager Geoscience
Mr Boyd is a qualified Geophysicist with over 20 years experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry in Australia and Africa. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Most recently, Mr Boyd was involved with Mantra Resources Limited, an African-focused uranium company, where he guided the exploration and initial drilling through to the delineation of the >100 million pound Mkuju River Project uranium resource. As Manager Geoscience he was responsible for the development of Mantra’s geoscience function, including resource and geological inputs into Pre-Feasibility and Definitive Feasibility Studies, prior to Manra’s acquisition by ARMZ for approximately A$1 billion in 2011.
Mr Hayden Locke
Corporate Executive
Mr Locke studied a double degree in Engineering and Commerce at the University of Sydney before pursuing a career in investment banking based in London, where he worked in the Financial Sponsors M&A team at J.P. Morgan. He has nearly a decade of experience in global financial markets with specific focus on leveraged finance, M&A and private equity investment in natural resources.
Corporate Executive
Mr Locke studied a double degree in Engineering and Commerce at the University of Sydney before pursuing a career in investment banking based in London, where he worked in the Financial Sponsors M&A team at J.P. Morgan. He has nearly a decade of experience in global financial markets with specific focus on leveraged finance, M&A and private equity investment in natural resources.