Proactiveinvestors Australia

David Craig
Non-Executive Chairman

David Craig is a lawyer who has held and holds executive and board positions in the fields of law financial services and the resources industry. As a partner of a major Perth law firm, he specialised in resources and commercial legal advice, which included work on resources joint ventures, the acquisition and disposal of interest in companies and projects, and capital raisings by companies. This was followed by ten years in the financial services industry as a stockbroker and an executive director in a national stockbroking and investment banking company.

Mr Craig then spent five years working with Woodside Petroleum Ltd in an executive position in the field of public and government affairs. He brings to the Board expertise in law, financial markets, stakeholder engagement, relationship management, strategic planning and risk management. In terms of ASX listed companies he is Non-Executive Chairman of Gunson Resources Limited, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Moly Mines Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Forge Group Limited and Nomad Building Solutions Limited.


Trevor Tennant
Managing Director

Trevor Tennant is currently the managing director and one of the founders of SHM. He has over 35 years experience in the mining industry with much of it focused on the base metals and industrial minerals sectors. He was previously an executive director of Portman Mining Limited, OM Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of Territory Iron Limited.

Mr. Tennant is a qualified mining engineer with a range of experience including 13 years with Broken Hill Pty Ltd. between 1974 and 1987. During this period he was employed as the underground manager of a tin mine in Indonesia, an engineer on the Ok Tedi mine feasibility study, the manager of an iron ore mine and the general manager of a large manganese mine.


James Pearson
Executive Director

James Pearson is a mining engineer with nearly thirty years experience in the mining and construction industries. He has been a director of Haddington Resources Limited and OM Holdings Limited.

Mr. Pearson has been a mine manager for gold, manganese and iron ore projects and has experience as a project engineer in the construction of large civil engineering works.


John Tarrant
Non-Executive Director

John Tarrant is a Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia. Dr Tarrant has a distinguished academic career including a doctorate of Juridical Science, 2 Master’s degrees, 4 Bachelor Degrees and 6 Postgraduate Qualifications.

Dr. Tarrant has significant experience gained over 20 years from multiple disciplines including accounting, corporate mining management and mining entrepreneurial roles.


Richard Billingsley
Non-Executive Director

Richard Billingsley is a company director and mineral explorationist who acquired extensive experience in geochemical sampling and geophysical field work early in his career. During the late 1990s Mr. Billingsley specialised in restructuring failed mining companies and developed a land management system for the province of British Columbia.

Andrés Hevia has over 32 years experience within the South American mining industry, with much of this time focused on copper mine development and technical activities for major Chilean copper mining companies. Senior positions held include Head of Resource Planning and Development at Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, and Latin America Business Development Manager for Billiton '(now BHP Billiton)'.

Mr. Hevia, who resides in Chile, holds a Civil Mining Engineer degree from Universidad de Chile and an MBA from Universidad del Desarrollo.