Steve has been involved in analysing resource companies from both a financial and technical perspective for over fifteen years. This experience has been with leading global financial institutions and has involved research designed to assist fund managers in selecting investments as well as in the corporate banking sector. Prior to working in the financial sector, Steve was a geologist for around ten years and involved in exploration, in geology and project evaluation.

Qualifications and experience include:

• Resource analyst (15 years) - Macquarie Equities, Bankers Trust, Ord Minnett, JP Morgan (top 3 rating), Stock Resource.
• Geologist (10 years) - Ashton Mining (now part of Rio Tinto), MIM (now part of Xstrata)
• PhD (Curtin University), Grad Dip Sec Inst., BSc (Hons), Member AusIMM, MSEG ASIA F Fin GAICD
• Executive Chairman of Tartana Resources Limited