Warwick Davies
Non Executive Chairman

Mr Davies is a Marketing Consultant with forty years experience in the Iron and Steel Industry including a variety of technical and commercial roles with BHP Steel (Newcastle and Whyalla), Hamersley Iron (Dampier) and Robe River Mining Co (Cape Lambert and Perth), and Resource Mining Corporation.

During the period 1986 to early 2001, Mr Davies was employed by the Robe River Joint Venture in a variety of management roles culminating in a period of five years as General Manager Marketing. Mr Davies has a broad, in-depth knowledge of the world’s iron ore and steel industries with an emphasis on South and East Asia, particularly China. In addition to the technical, commercial and strategic planning aspects of the iron ore business, Mr Davies has a solid background and understanding of the bulk freight market.

As an independent Marketing Consultant, Mr Davies has worked on a variety of assignments associated with the mining industry with particular emphasis on steel making raw materials for China. Since August 2004, Mr Davies has been Executive Director of Resource Mining Corporation developing expertise in the operation of junior exploration companies.

He brings to Alchemy a wealth of practical experience, industry contacts and a clear understanding of the mining industry.

 
Michael Hannington B.Sc LL.B
Managing Director

Mr Hannington has broad experience in the mining industry including approximately twelve years experience as a geophysicist working throughout Australia and North America and more recently approximately five years experience as a lawyer and contracts manager.  Mr Hannington has supervised a diverse range of projects and been involved in all facets of the mining industry from project generation and acquisition through to exploration, evaluation drilling and production.

In recent years Mr Hannington has played key roles in financing and managing operations as a contracts manager with Oxiana Limited, having been approached by Oxiana to undertake a varied role in a growing company.

With his strong technical background and commercial and legal skills, Mr Hannington possesses a rare combination of hands-on technical and management expertise with a strong commercial focus.

Non Executive Director

Mr Downey has practiced law since 1998, and has been admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia.  His focus has been with resource companies in the area of corporate law, initial public offerings, other equity raisings, mergers and acquisitions, with extensive experience with listed companies on the ASX, TSX and AIM markets.

Mr Downey is currently a Director of North River Resources plc.  Mr Downey was the Company Secretary of AIM and TSXV listed Grove Energy Limited from 2004 until April 2007.

John Arbuckle B.Bus CPA
Non Executive Director and Secretary

Mr Arbuckle is a CPA with extensive experience in the mining industry in Australia and overseas.  His recent positions have included Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Mount Gibson Iron Limited and Chief Financial Officer of Perilya Limited, where he guided the companies through difficult start up phases.  Prior to this he held senior financial management roles with Rio Tinto Limited, North Limited and Anaconda Nickel Limited.  He has considerable experience in developing financial and risk management strategies for mining companies and the implementation of accounting controls and systems.

Mr Arbuckle is also the company secretary of Rialto Energy Limited and a director of Prosperity Resources Limited.

Mike Cowin
Project Manager

Mr Cowin graduated from Curtin University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Geology).  As an exploration geologist, Mr Cowin has been involved in successful exploration for a wide variety of commodities including gold, mineral/silica sand, base metals, nickel and uranium throughout Australia and overseas.

In 1992, Mr Cowin was the only resident geologist in Vietnam for Portman Mining.  In 1994, Mr Cowin joined Resolute Ltd and was a key member of the exploration and development team at both the Chalice Gold Mine and the Bulong Nickel Project.  In 1997, Mr Cowin moved to Savage Resources and was involved in defining a number of small gold resources for Savage before it was acquired by Pasminco in 1999.

Since the late 1990's Mr Cowin has worked as an independent geologist for numerous clients including, Jubilee Mines (now Xstrata) where he was involved in the discovery of the Sinclair Nickel deposit.