Directors
Dr Richard H. Mazzucchelli - Non-Executive Chairman
Dr Mazzucchelli brings a wealth of exploration expertise to CCR. He gained a First Class Honours degree in geology from the University of Western Australia and a Doctorate in Applied Geochemistry from the Royal School of Mines, London.
He has over 45 years exploration experience in a wide range of mineral commodities and has been associated with a number of economic discoveries of gold, nickel and base metals. His first 25 years was spent with WMC Resources where he held lengthy appointments as Chief Geochemist and Regional Exploration Manager. Post WMC Resources, he has worked as an independent consultant specialising in geochemical exploration.
Between 1987 and 1996, Dr Mazzucchelli served on the Boards of Glengarry Resources NL, Mining Corporation of Australia Ltd and Asia Pacific Ltd.
He was awarded the Gibb Maitland Medal by the Geological Society of Australia (WA Division) in 1999, for contributions to geoscience in Western Australia with particular reference to the discovery and documentation of mineral resources. In 2004, he was the inaugural winner of the Butt Smith Medal awarded by CSIRO/CRC LEME for outstanding and sustained contributions linking regolith science to exploration in Australia.
He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Association of Applied Geochemists, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Geological Society of Australia.
Mr Ian R. Lawrence - Managing Director
Mr Lawrence brings to CCR strong project development, corporate and operational management and metallurgical expertise.
Mr Lawrence has more than 30 years experience in senior line management, strategic management and consulting. He has worked in many senior operational and project development roles for a number of mining companies in Australia and has been involved in the assessment of a number of mining operations internationally.
Mr Lawrence is also a Director of RMDSTEM Limited, a public consulting and contracting company operating in the resources and technology innovation sectors that he founded in 1997. His high level management consulting roles include General Manager at Pasminco’s Elura Operations, and General Manager for Aditya Birla’s Mt Gordon Operation.
During a 20 year career with WMC Resources, he held senior roles including General Manager Group Technology, and Resident Manager and Manager Metallurgy at Olympic Dam. He was responsible for the startup of the metallurgical facility at Olympic Dam in 1987; commissioning and operations of the Stawell Gold Mine processing plant in 1984, and the design and commissioning of the first carbon-in-pulp gold plant in Kambalda in 1980.
Mr Lawrence is a past Non-Executive Director of Gekko Systems, and past Chairman and member of the CSIRO’s Sector Advisory Committee for the Mineral Processing and Metals Production sector.
He has a Bachelor of Science (Metallurgy) from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WASOM) and an Executive Master of Business Administration (PMD61) from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Gary Armor – Non Executive Director
Mr Armor is a mining engineer and spent the early part of his career in a number of senior operating and business development roles both within Australia and internationally. More latterly he was a fund manager with AMP Capital Investors and most recently with Lodestar Capital Partners. Mr Armor joined the Board in July 2011.
Mr John Dreyer – Non Executive Director
After graduating as a lawyer in South Africa, Mr Dreyer joined Shell South Africa as Company Secretary. He had an extensive international career in executive management and board positions with resource projects for Shell, JCI and Anglo Platinum. More recently he was a director of Pangea Diamond Fields and Chairman of the ASX-listed Firestone Energy. He joined the Board in June 2011.
Dr George A. Lefroy - Non-Executive Director
Dr Lefroy brings corporate governance experience and chemical industry knowledge to his position as an independent Director.
He has a Bachelor of Engineering with honours and Master of Engineering Science from University of Western Australia and Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.
His international career with Shell of 34 years spanned manufacturing, technology, marketing, HR and general management and culminated in the appointment as Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific/Middle East, for Shell Chemicals Ltd in London, and a member of the Global Executive Committee. In that role, Dr Lefroy was also Director of Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (Pte) Ltd, Saudi Petrochemical Company (SADAF), Seraya Chemicals Singapore (Pte) Ltd, Basell Eastern (Pte) Ltd, and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd.
After retiring from Shell, Dr Lefroy has held directorships in Singapore Power Ltd in Singapore (2000–2006), SP AusNet Group (2005–), International Training Australia Pty Limited (2000–04), Australian Power & Energy Limited – now Monash Energy Holdings Ltd (2003–05) and is President-Commissioner of PT Chandra Asri in Indonesia (2006–).
