Management
Craig Watkins – Country Manager
Craig has over 20 years experience in the mining industry and is responsible for company’s activities in the Philippines. Craig’s experience covers all aspects of project development from feasibility study, design and construction management of mining, mineral processing and infrastructure projects. He has a broad range of international experience that includes projects in South East Asian emerging markets along with Papua New Guinea, Australia and North America. Craig holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of South Australia and a Masters in Project Management degree from Northwestern University, USA. He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Rizaldy Palomaria -Regional Manager, Runruno & Solano
Rizaldy is a senior geologist with more than 25 years experience in the mining and exploration industry in the Asia Pacific region, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Mongolia. He also has vast experience in epithermal gold and porphyry copper style mineralization.
Chevy Albo – Finance and Administration
Chevy is a qualified accountant and has been working in the exploration/drilling business since 1997, and before that 5 years with US subsidiary company Fritz Philippines Inc., a freight forwarding company, and 4 years with Fiesta Motor Philippines. Chevy has also worked in liaison with offshore consulting accountant firms in Sweden, Malaysia and Australia. She fills the roles of Company Secretary and Treasurer in the Philippine subsidiary companies.
Agnes Goze – Environment and Permitting Manager
Agnes is an environmental specialist with over 10 years of experience with the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines. More recently she has worked as a consultant in the field of environmental management, impact assessment, environmental quality sampling and monitoring; and wastewater treatment process and design. Agnes was a key member during securing of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project. Agnes has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines; and a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Technology from the International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, The Netherlands. She is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and Solid Waste Association of the Philippines.
Querubin Rebong - Senior Geologist
Querry has 20 years experience in mineral exploration and mine geology, and was recently involved in bankable feasibility studies of Masbate Gold Project, and more recently in the Petaquilla Copper Project, Panama Central America as Supervising Geologist. He also worked for 3½ years on Mt Muro Gold Mine, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. He has extensive experience ranging from grass root to advance development stages of exploration through to mining, including assisting in mine feasibility studies, mineral resource estimations, and underground grade control monitoring.