Gold Fields Australia and Gold Road Resources held a joint presentation on this project. Stuart Mathews and Ian Murray have a huge body of experience between them and we look forward to hearing what the project has to offer in the future.
Stuart Mathews is an international mining professional with 25 years experience having worked in Australia (Queensland, NSW, WA), Mexico and New Zealand.
Stuart has a Master of Science (Geology) from University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has progressed through geology ranks to Geology Manager level and in the last 12 years worked in project development and general operations management to COO level. Stuart joined Gold Fields in mid-2013 initially at St Ives, then General Manager at Granny Smith Mine then Vice President Operations: Australia. From 1st February 2017 Stuart took over the position of Executive Vice President: Australasia.
Mr Murray is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years’ corporate experience working for publicly listed resources companies.
Between 1997 and 2005 he held positions including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer with DRDGOLD Ltd. Mr Murray oversaw major acquisitions, restructuring and stock exchange listings that grew DRDGOLD from a small, lease-bound South African miner into a globally listed multi-mine company producing over 1Moz of gold per annum at its peak. During this time he also served on the board of South African gold refinery Rand Refinery Limited and the internet-based commodity investment platform GoldMoney.com.
Prior to this he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, worked in Management Consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers, worked in the South African Revenue Service and assisted in establishing one of South Africa’s most successful biotechnology companies.
