The Board comprises four Executive Directors and two Non-Executive Directors.

  Michael Bernard Silver B.Sc.Eng. (Hons) - Executive Chairman

Michael Silver was appointed as Chairman on 28 July 2008. He has broad and detailed experience in civil engineering including thirty years experience in the mining industry. He is a Member of the Institution of Engineers of Australia. Mr Silver founded Highlands Mining Ltd in 1968 bought in 1970 by Quest Mining and Exploration. He was involved in starting the Telfer gold mine for Newmont Australia and numerous other operations. Subsequently was involved in developing mines as a Principal and in conjunction with other Public Companies and was involved in numerous capital raisings.

His operational experience in the mining sector in Australia and Overseas encompasses most of the minerals mined in Australia. As a direct result of developing these projects Michael Silver gained broad ranging management experience and involvement in many businesses associated with the resource industries gaining corporate experience in the development and funding of six public companies, Quest Mining and Exploration Ltd, Southern Goldfields NL, Regent Mining Limited, Marino Ltd, Dome Resources Ltd and Harrington Group Ltd. His oil industry experience was acquired during his tenure as the Chairman of Drillsearch Oil Limited.

Public Company Board positions have been held in over ten publicly listed companies over the last thirty years. These have ranged from non-executive to executive roles and included chief executive and chair positions in both Australian and Canadian companies.


  Patrick Aloysius Harford BSc (Hons) - Managing Director

Patrick Harford was appointed Managing Director on 22 March 2004. He graduated with Honours in Geomorphology from Melbourne University in 1973.

He has experience in gold and diamond exploration and production in Australia and southern Africa.

His past roles have seen Patrick involved with:

• Grants Patch Mining Limited (Managing Director) - a gold mine operator in Western Australia and the Northern Territory
• Zapopan NL - (Managing Director) - locating and developing Mt Todd and Tanami mines, also in the Northern Territory; and
• Auridiam Consolidated NL - successful construction of a 2 million tonne per annum diamond mine in Zimbabwe.

  Denis Geldard - Chief Operating Officer

Denis Geldard was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective 2 February 2007 responsible to the Managing Director for all activities of the Company in Australia, having been Operations' Director since 7 February 2006. Denis retains his seat on the Board of Directors. Denis is a mining engineer with considerable international and Australian gold mining experience. He was previously a Senior Manager with the Iluka Resources Ltd Group in Australia, Indonesia and the USA, and has extensive previous production experience managing gold operations in Western Australia including the Meekatharra gold belt. From January 1999 until January 2002 Mr Geldard was the Operations Director of PT Koba Tin.

  Michael John de Villiers B Comm CPA (SA) - Finance Director

Michael de Villiers was appointed Finance Director on 22 March 2004. He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant(SA) with Ernst & Young in Cape Town.

Michael gained his experience as financial manager at mining and chemicals operations in Namibia, Botswana, Ghana and Bulgaria.

He was previously the Finance Director of Oxus Gold plc and Navan Mining plc.


  Richard Nicholas Allen - Non-Executive Director

Nick Allen was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 7 April 2004. He has worked in the mining industry for over 40 years, primarily in diamond mining and marketing, including lengthy periods with African Selection Trust and De Beers.


  Michael Elias BSc (Hons) - Non-Executive Director

Michael Elias was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 7 July 2004. He is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He has worked with WMC (mainly in nickel projects, as Chief Geologist Resource Development, Nickel Division) and Geological Survey of Western Australia. He is currently a director of CSA Australia.


  Mark Csar - Exploration Manager

Mark Csar was appointed Exploration Manager in September 2007. He graduated from La Trobe University in 1987 with a degree in Geology/Applied Mathematics, and also holds a Graduate Diploma of Business from Curtin University (1993). Mark has extensive experience within the mining sector, particularly in the field of gold and nickel. Before joining Mercator Mark held senior management positions in Australia, Indonesia and the USA through Iluka Resources Ltd.