Board and Key Personnel

Mr Anoosh Manzoori

Non Executive Chairman

Mr Manzoori has extensive investment and corporate advisory experience across many industry verticals. His experience includes equity capital markets, public and private M&A in Australia, and North America. Mr Manzoori has many years of investment experience having advised many cross-border transactions between Australia, Canada and USA. He also has extensive fund management experience, financing the growth plans of public companies. Other current board appointments include Non-Executive Director of IOT technology development company Constellation Technologies Limited (ASX:CT1). He was also previously a Non-Executive Director of anti-counterfeit technology company YPB Group Limited (ASX:YPB). Anoosh holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Postgraduate degree in Business and is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Athan Lekkas

Non Executive Director

Mr Lekkas has many years of investment banking experience and has advised on numerous cross border transactions including capital raisings, funding and structuring of acquisitions, joint ventures overseas and participated in a broad range of business and corporate advisory transactions. More recently Athan has focused on the restructure and recapitalisation of a wide range of ASX Listed companies. He was former Chairman of Panax Geothermal Limited (ASX:PAX) a Geothermal company that was successfully transformed into an Internet of Things (IoT) technology company where he was responsible for raising $25M. Mr Lekkas was also previously a Director of Brainy Toys Limited which was transformed from a technology company into a mining company which is now listed as a Kogi Iron (ASX: KFE), where he was instrumental and successful with identifying and funding the acquisition of a major West African Iron Ore project.

Mr Matt Latimore

Non-Executive Director

Matt Latimore is the Founder and President of M Resources Pty Ltd, a company he established in 2011 for marketing, investment and trading of steelmaking raw materials, with a focus on metallurgical coal. M Resources has shipped over 400 cargoes of metallurgical coal as principle to global steel mills and currently has the exclusive marketing rights for Stanmore Resources (SMR) and Bowen Coking Coal (BCC) in Australia and Allegiance (AHQ) New Elk mine in the US. Through MetRes, a company 50 % owned by M Resources, Matt also recently purchased the Millennium and Mavis Downs coal mines from Peabody.

Matt is a Non-Executive Director of Bowen Coking Coal.

Prior to founding M Resources, Matt was GM Sales and Marketing for Wesfarmers Curragh coal for 10 years, responsible for global sales to steel makers and power utilities, rail and port and finance functions. Matt was a Director of Curragh Coal Sales. Prior to that, Matt held various positions with Mitsui & Co Coal Department.

Matt holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, a degree in International Business from Griffith University, Diploma of Export Management from the Australian Institute of Export, an Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management from the University of Western Australia, is a Graduate of the Australian Directors Course (GAICD) and the Columbia University Senior Executive Program in New York.

Mr Neil Goodman

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Goodman has long standing experience in the iron and steel making industry, with a proven track record of planning and building large-scale iron making plants around the globe. Mr. Goodman worked for 20 years with Rio Tinto and Molong China developing the HIsmelt process for smelting iron ore to create 100% Green Pig Iron. Magnum recently acquired 100% of Appalachian Iron in West Virginia, which was owned by Mr Goodman, and which holds an agreement with Molong to license to the HIsmelt technology. Mr. Goodman also owns Smelt Tech Consulting, a private advisory firm providing advice on smelting to the steel industry worldwide and is a Director on the Board of the Australian Government funded Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC). The HILT CRC funds research into new technologies to de-carbonise heavy industries including the steel industry.

“Following the sale of the HIsmelt technology, I have left Rio Tinto and started a consultancy with former team members to support the new owners Molong, the HIsmelt Accredited Engineers, and future clients. Smelt Tech provides process, engineering, analytical and operational support for HIsmelt and other primary metals extraction industries”

Mr Luke Martino

Company Secretary

Luke Martino is a prominent figure in the corporate world of Western Australia, with over 40 years’ experience at partner and board level with major accounting firms and is a Director of several public & private companies. He has gained significant experience and established credibility in the mining & resources, property and hospitality industries. Luke has an entrepreneurial passion for nurturing businesses and specializes in corporate & growth consulting.

A chartered accountant, Luke was the lead partner of Deloitte growth solutions. His success as a lead partner of Deloitte also saw him appointed to national executive roles and a Board member for the national Australian firm.

Luke is Executive Director of Indian Ocean Consulting Group, a boutique corporate & investment banking services firm in Perth & Sydney, Australia, with joint interests in Mainland China. He is also current chairman of EV Resources Limited and non executive director of Balkan Mining & Minerals Limited, two companies focused on precious and green metal exploration and renewable green energy.