Richard Monti

Richard Monti is a geologist with a successful career of over 30 years in the international mineral resource industry resulting in broad industry knowledge and strong strategic planning capabilities. He has first-hand working knowledge of all aspects of the industry from project generation, exploration, resource, feasibility, construction, operations, finance, marketing and divestment. Mr Monti has worked in diverse countries with exposure to most commodities including base metals, nickel, iron ore, coal, industrial minerals, potash, gold. He has over 30 years of director experience on 12 ASX and TSX-listed mining and exploration companies from micro-caps through to mid-size miners, and has built and managed teams of up to 70 personnel. He worked for a number of international and Australian companies including Anaconda Nickel, RTZ Exploration, the North Group and the Normandy Group. During a 7-year term at Anaconda Nickel, he held general manager positions in technical, commercial and marketing fields. Mr Monti was principal of corporate advisory firm, Ventnor Capital, from 2005 to 2010 and is the principal of Terracognita which supplies advice to resource industry companies. He has proven experience and understanding of equity capital markets, debt funding and has strong relationships with broking and banking houses in Australia and Canada.