Mr David Archer
B.Ec., Dip.Laws (BAB), F. Aus IMM.
Chairman
Mr Archer has held executive and non-executive roles in a number of Australian and international companies. He founded Savage Resources Limited in 1985. Savage’s portfolio included the Ernest Henry copper gold mine in North West Queensland, the Liddell coal mine in the Hunter Valley in NSW and zinc mining and smelting operations in the United States. He founded and was executive Chairman of PowerTel Limited until 1998. More recently, Mr Archer was a director of Eastern Star Gas Limited, a coal seam gas developer, and Managing Director of Hillgrove Resources Limited, an Australian copper producer, from 2003 to 2010. He is a barrister (non-practising) of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Mr Robert Smakman
BSc (Hons)(Geol), ASIA, M.AusI.M.M. FFIN
Managing Director
Mr Smakman is an honours graduate of Monash University and has had a successful international career (Australia, Africa, South America and Europe) as a geologist and manager over the past 18 years. Rob is experienced in gold, silver, copper, uranium, tin and iron and has been integral in moulding Crusader into its present shape. Mineral discoveries he has been associated with include: The Southern Star gold deposit near Southern Cross in Western Australia from the discovery hole to completion of the bankable feasibility study.
The Dikulushi Copper/Silver deposit for Anvil Mining NL (DRC Africa). Rob was the first person on site and managed the drill-out of the deposit to 1.55mt @ 8.9% copper and 9.5oz silver for feasibility study and mining. The project is now being successfully mined as the highest grade copper deposit in the world.
The Certej Gold deposit in Romania for the TSX listed European Goldfields Ltd. Project management from the commencement to a resource of 2.6m oz gold and 13m oz silver.
Mr Smakman is based in João Pessoa in Brazil where he leads Crusader’s activities.
Mr Paul Stephen
BComm
Executive Director
Mr Stephen holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. He has more than 17 years’ experience in the financial services industry, starting as a portfolio manager at Perpetual Trustees in 1992 and working subsequently as private client advisor with Porter Western and Macquarie Bank. He was a significant shareholder and Senior Client Advisor at Montagu Stockbrokers prior to its merger with Paterson Securities Ltd.
Mr Stephen is a non-executive director of Integrated Fuel Solutions Pty Ltd and Kings Park Capital.
Mr Justin Evans
BBus
Non-Executive Director
Mr Evans is the Managing Director of Sigma Companies Group, manufacturing chemists and suppliers, a wholly Western Australian owned company. Prior to joining Sigma Companies Group in 1999 Justin worked in stockbroking for 12 years. He has a wide range of experience in client financial advice and corporate capital raisings. He was a founding share holder of Montagu Stockbrokers Pty Ltd.
Mr David Netherway
Non-Executive Director
Mr Netherway, is a mining engineer with 35 years experience in the mining industry.
He was, until the 2010 takeover by Gryphon Minerals Limited (GRY-ASX), the CEO of Shield Mining Limited, an Australian listed company exploring for gold and base metals in Mauritania. Prior to this, he served as the CEO of Toronto listed Afcan Mining Corporation; a China focused gold mining company which was taken over by Eldorado Gold. He has also held senior management positions in a number of mining companies including Golden Shamrock Mines, Ashanti Goldfields and Semafo Inc..
Mr Netherway is the Chairman of Afferro Mining Inc. (AFF-TSX-V & AIM), Aureus Mining Inc. (AUE:TSX & AIM) and a non-executive director of Gryphon Minerals Limited (GRY-ASX) and Altus Resource Capital Limited (ARCL-LSE/SFM & CISX)
