Directors Profiles
Executive Chairman
Anthony Paul Rovira
B.Sc. Flinders University, B.Sc. (Hons) Flinders University, MAusIMM, MAICD
Tony Rovira is the Executive Chairman of Azure Minerals Limited. He has 25 years technical and management experience in the mining industry, as an exploration and mining geologist, and as a company administrator at Board level. Since graduating from Flinders University in South Australia in 1983, Tony has worked for companies both large and small, including BHP, Sons of Gwalia, Barrack Mines, Zapopan, Pegasus Gold and Jubilee Mines.
From 1997-2003 Tony was the General Manager Exploration with Jubilee Mines, during which time he led the team that discovered and developed the world class Cosmos and Cosmos Deeps massive nickel sulphide deposits. In the year 2000, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies awarded Tony the Prospector of the Year Award for the discovery of the Cosmos deposit. Tony is responsible for the management of all Azure Minerals' activities, including exploration, project generation and acquisition, and implementation of strategies set by the board.
Non-Executive Directors
Dr Wolf Martinick
B.Sc, Ph.D, FAusIMM
Dr Wolf Martinick is a Fellow of the AusIMM, a founding director of the Perth-based consultancy MBS Environmental Pty Ltd and is Chairman of Weatherly International Limited, a company listed on the London AIM stock exchange. He was a founding Director of Basin Minerals Limited, an ASX-listed mineral exploration company which discovered a world-class mineral sands project in Victoria, Australia.
Dr Martinick has been involved with mineral exploration and mining projects around the world, especially in Australasia, Africa, China, India, Eastern Europe and parts of the former Soviet Union. He has participated in numerous due diligence studies on mining projects on behalf of international financial institutions and mineral resource companies for a variety of transactions, including listings on international stock exchanges, mergers and debt financing.
In recent years, Dr Martinick has been active in identifying and investigating mineral projects and prospects, especially in emerging economies.
John Walter Saleeba
BCom, LLB, CPA, FAICD
After being admitted as a legal practitioner in 1977, Mr. Saleeba worked with the law firm, Robinson Cox , becoming a partner in 1980. The firm subsequently joined a national partnership of Clayton Utz where he was a partner until retiring in 2003. Mr. Saleeba is currently Chairman of RER Group Limited and VDM Group Limited. He has held directorships with Skywest Limited, Centrepoint Alliance Limited, Burtway Limited, Floreat Close Limited and a number of other companies, covering a wide range of business activities. Mr. Saleeba has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, is a member of the Australian Society of Accountants and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
Mr Brett Douglas Dickson
BBus, CPA
Mr Dickson has over 20 years experience in the financial management of companies, principally companies in early stage development of its resource or product, and offers broad financial management skills. He has been Chief Financial Officer for a number of successful resource companies listed on the ASX.
He has had close involvement with the financing and development of a number of greenfield resources projects, including the Mt Horner and Blina oilfields, the Beharra Gas field, the Nimbus silver-zinc deposit, and the Dongara Mineral Sands deposit.