Robert George Still
BCom (Hons), CA (SA), IMM

Chairman
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Rob started his career as a chartered accountant, becoming a partner of Ernst & Whinney before leaving in 1986 to co-found the JSE listed exploration and mining company Rhoex Ltd. Since that time Rob has been involved in both the senior and junior sectors of the mining industry worldwide and has held both executive and non-executive director positions in mining and exploration companies listed in South Africa, Australia, Canada and the UK.

Rob has participated in the development of several new mining projects including Rhovan, Ticor Titanium, Pangea Goldfields, Southern Mining (Corridor Sands), Great Basin Gold (Burnstone) and Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Ltd. He is currently chairman of Pangea Exploration, a private company active in exploration, mining project development and mining finance.

Rob was appointed to the Metorex Board in February 2005 and as Deputy Chairman in November 2007. He was an Executive Director for a period of five months, and then reverted to the position of Non-Executive Chairman. Rob is also a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Terence Philip Goodlace
NHD: Metalliferous Mining, BCom, MBA

Chief Executive
Member of the SHE Committee

Terence was appointed Chief Executive and Director of the Board with effect from 2 March 2009. His role focuses on core operations across the Company's existing assets as well as new project development and investor relations.

Terence was most recently Group Chief Operating Officer at Gold Fields where he worked for almost 27 years in various capacities including strategic planning, heading up the international mining portfolio, heading up the South African mining portfolio and holding various line management positions on operating mines.

In addition to his role of Metorex CEO, Terence is a member of the SHE Committee.

Alberto Barrenechea Guimón

Non-Executive Director
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Alberto Barrenechea is President and CEO of the Minersa Group of companies.

He also is or has been director of several mining, chemical, biotechnological, other industrial, and asset management companies in Europe, America and Africa.

Alberto has 34 years of industry experience. Alberto was appointed as a non-executive Director of Metorex in May 2002, and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Hester Hickey
B. CompHons, CA (SA)

Non-Executive Director
Chair of the Audit Committee

Hester currently acts as a Consultant, as well as non-executive director, trustee and audit committee chair for various organisations, including Two Rivers Platinum, AngloGold Ashanti Pension Fund, Sentinal Pension Fund, the Mine Employees Pension Fund representing the Chamber of Mines, Omnia Limited and Glenrand MIB. Her previous roles also include Senior Manager: Corporate Governance at Liberty Life, General Manager Risk Consulting at Marsh South Africa and partner at Ernst & Young.

Hester has extensive experience in African mining through ten years of experience with AngloGold Ashanti. Additionally, Hester was Chair of SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) for two years and also chaired their Audit, HR and Finance Committees.

She completed two terms over a period of seven years as a member of the Johannesburg Municipality audit committee. Hester joined the Metorex board as a non-executive director and as the Chair of the Audit Committee in May 2010.

Nonkululeko (“Nkuli”) Kgositsile

Non-Executive Director
Member of the SHE Committee

Nkuli has a background in journalism and was a founder of the Voice of Soweto Community radio station and is an entrepreneur with her own entertainment company. She brings a dynamic wealth of experience in a social and political capacity in Africa, having being educated in a number of southern African countries.

Nkuli was appointed as a non-executive director of the board of Metorex Limited in August 2009, and is a member of the Metorex SHE Committee.

Victor Mabuza

Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Victor runs EsopShop (Pty) Ltd, which advises on employee and community ownership trust structures. He has advised on many mining company ESOPs, including African Rainbow Minerals Limited, Anglo Platinum Limited, Gold Fields Limited and Northam Platinum and Black Economic Empowerment transactions including Sasol Inzalo and Vodacom YeboYethu.

Victor has held various directorships in retail, corporate and investment banking and has worked for major financial institutions including Standard Bank, ABSA and Stanlib. He was also previously an Executive Head for Asset Management as well as sat on the board of the National Empowerment Fund, where he was at the forefront of the highly successful Asonge MTN retail share offer.

Victor joined the Board of Metorex as a non-executive director, and appointed as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, in August 2009.

Peete Molapo
BA (Econ), Post Graduate Dip; MA (Econ)

Non-executive director
Member of the Audit Committee

Peete has economics and financial background, and in his long career of over 20 years in the financial sector he occupied a number of senior positions, among which can be mentioned serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation a post he held until July 2009. Before then he was employed as the Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Lesotho. He joined the Central Bank of Lesotho from the African Development Bank (AfDB) where he was an Executive Director.

Peete formerly held positions on several Boards including SADC Development Finance Resource Centre (DFRC) Botswana (Chairman), Lesotho Brewing Company (Chairman), Nedbank Lesotho, Lesotho Sun International, Lesotho Milling Company, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE – Chairman). He obtained a BA in Economics from the National University of Lesotho and holds an MA in Economics as well as a post graduate diploma in National Accounts and Economic Statistics from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.

Peete has now established his own consultancy company and is currently working on a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) sponsored project for a developing a new Industrial Policy for Lesotho.  

Peete was appointed to the Metorex Board and as a member of the Audit Committee on 20 August 2010

Les Paton
BSc (Univ of PE), BSc (Hons) Geology, BComm (Univ of SA)

Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the SHE Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Les is an executive director of several Implats companies and has been with that group for 34 years. Les also holds additional directorships in a variety of mining companies throughout the southern African arena. His career incorporates spells in Base Metal Exploration throughout southern Africa, as well as gold and platinum geological exploration, in which he has extensive experience.

Les rose to the position of Chief Consulting Geologist within the Gencor Group, and was subsequently transferred to Implats where, in 2003, he was appointed to the board of both Implats and Zimplats.

Les is experienced in the evaluation and technical overview of projects and in project management. He joined the Metorex Board as a non-executive director in January 2009. Les is Chairman of the SHE Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee

Maritz Smith
BCom (Hons), CA (SA)

Financial Director

Maritz, who is a Chartered Accountant (SA), joined Metorex in 2002 from Deloitte & Touche. He was appointed Financial Director in 2005, and in this capacity has overall responsibility for the Group's financial affairs and reporting.

Maritz was appointed to the Metorex Board as Alternate Director to Charles Needham in November 2007 and as Financial Director in December 2008.

Audit Committee:

H Hickey (Chair)
TV Mabuza
RG Still
P Molapo

Remuneration Committee:

TV Mabuza (Chairman)
A Barrenechea
RG Still
LJ Paton

SHEC Committee:

LJ Paton (Chairman)
NN Kgositsile
TP Goodlace