John Hillam
Returning Officer and Founding Member
John Hillam is a qualified geologist, a member of the Australasian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has considerable
expertise in mineral exploration from his previous involvements with
magnetite deposits at and surrounding Razorback Ridge and gold
projects in the Olary Province of SA. Mr Hillam holds a Bachelor
Degree in Science and Honour Degree in Geology from the University
of Adelaide in 1975 and Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration
Law and Practice in 2008. His Honour's thesis was based on field work
undertaken at Broken Hill NSW which was funded by the Broken Hill
Mine Managers Association and is very familiar with the Olary region
and other areas in South Australia.
Experience
Mr Hillam held exploration positions with Newmont Mining at Telfer
in WA in the pre and post mine construction phase in the mid 1970’s,
worked with Getty Oil in Base Metal and Oil Exploration Projects in
the Officer Basin of SA, an Oil Shale Project at Dalhousie Springs in
SA, a Uranium Prospect at Yuendumu NT and numerous other
projects in SA and NT. In the 1990s, he founded the CFM Group
whose business was computer software publishing with close links to
US market leaders. He was the managing director at the CFM group
in Australia for almost 20 years.
Mr Hillam has 45 years of multi-disciplinary experiences in geology
and international business management consisting of marketing,
legal, accounting, finance and people management in Australia and
more than 6 years in the US. His substantial expertise in the mining,
computer and software industries brings a unique array of skills to
the work of marrying new ground penetrating electro-magnetic
resonance imaging to target geological strata with surveying
technology to give the Company a rapid, expert appraisal of the
mineral content of its ore bodies.
Mr Hillam has the necessary experience and expertise to qualified as
competent person under the JORC code and can sign reports that are
accepted by the ASX and other agencies
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