David Hillier has over 40 years' experience in commercial aspects of the resources industry. Mr Hillier served as chair and director of a number of public companies in the mining and exploration field, including Lawson Gold and Buka Gold. Throughout 2008, Mr Hillier was chief financial officer and executive director of AIM listed Minerals Securities, based in London. Between 1989 and 2002, Mr Hillier held a range of senior executive positions in the Normandy Mining group of companies and was chief financial officer of Normandy for six of those years.