Our executive committee is appointed by our Board of Directors. Our executive committee consists of three members as follows:
- 1. Mr. Ross Coyle Member
- 2. Mr. Tim Benfield Member
- 3. Mr. Brendan Bradley Member
The scope of authority, duties and responsibilities of our executive committee are summarised as follows:
- To consider our business plan and annual budget for presentation to our Board of Directors;
- To formulate our overall investment and growth strategy;
- To consider and approve contracts and expenditures in accordance with our policies;
- To consider and approve financing and financial management in accordance with our policies;
- To consider and approve exploration activities, mining plans, land acquisition, and applications for licences and legal proceedings;
- To establish and implement good corporate governance policies for approval by our Board of Directors;
- To make recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding best practices in governance;
- To review our corporate governance affairs and recommend improvements to our Board of Directors;
- To plan our overall corporate social responsibility program;
- To review and recommend improvements to our corporate social responsibility program;
- To approve or take note of issues related to our management as necessary or appropriate;
- To screen issues prior to their submission to our Board of Directors;
- To cooperate and assist other committees to carry out their duties;
- To employ, appoint, amend the condition of employment, fix wages, punish, prescribe punishments, warn, terminate employment, dismiss, terminate the employment agreement of any of our employees, and to do any act relating to the employment of employees, and the power to do such acts as prescribed in work rules or in the code of conduct; and
- To perform other duties as assigned by our Board of Directors.