Cauldron Energy Ltd. Board and Management
Ian Mulholland
Mr Mulholland has had a long and distinguished career holding senior technical and executive roles for over 30 years.
Most notably, Mr Mulholland was Chief Geologist of Summit Resources during which time Summit completed a resource upgrade on the Valhalla uranium deposit and acquired a portfolio of uranium projects; ultimately being taken over by ASX-listed Paladin Resources for ~$44 million.
Subsequently, Mr Mulholland was Exploration Manager at Anaconda Nickel during the period that Anaconda grew its lateritic nickel ore resource from 300 million tonnes to over 1.3 billion tonnes; and Technical Director of Conquest Mining during the period in which Conquest acquired the Carlton silver-gold project with Conquest subsequently merging with Evolution Mining for a ~$320 million valuation.
Most recently, Mr Mulholland was founding Managing Director of ASX-listed Rox Resources for 15 years. Since retiring from Rox Resources in April 2019, Mr Mulholland has operated a highly successful geological and mining personal consultancy.
Rox Resources was awarded Australian Mining Prospect Awards Explorer of the Year in 2015 for its Fisher East Nickel Sulphide Project discovery and Ian was joint winner of AMEC’s 2016 Prospector Award for the Teena Zn-Pb discovery.
Mr Mulholland holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Sydney, a Master of Science from James Cook University, a Diploma of Science Education with Honours from Edith Cowan University and has completed numerous professional development courses. He also holds or has held numerous professional memberships including being a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and Society of Economic Geologists and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Simon Youds
Engineer/Miner
MBA, AusIMM Member
Mr Simon Youds has a long history with Cauldron, having served as Manager of Operations from June 2012 until February 2016, and as Non-Executive Chair of the board of directors from 15 March 2019. On 26 May 2021, Simon moved into the position of Executive Chair in recognition of the increased workload involved in preparing for production from the River Sands Project.
Simon is a professional mining engineer having considerable experience in exploration, project development, and operational experience in Africa, Asia and Australia. Mr Youds also holds an MBA degree from Deakin University, Victoria, and is a member of the Australasian Institute on Mining and Metallurgy.
Mr Youds has considerable operational experience, building mines and establishing production in a vast range of commodities and countries. Particularly relevant to Cauldron is his experience in establishing gold mines along with a significant expansion of a major uranium mine. Simon was directly involved in building gold mines, Bibiani (Ghana), Bulyanhulu (Tanzania) and North Mara (Tanzania). He worked as a member of a multi-disciplinary team with WMC to nearly triple uranium production at Olympic Dam, the world’s largest uranium mine.
Other experience includes working as CEO of African Iron, an iron ore explorer in the Republic of Congo, where he facilitated a A$388 million deal for its purchase by Exxaro Resources.
Geologist/Explorer
Jess Oram transitioned into the role of Non-Executive Director of Caldron Energy Limited in July 2021 having formerly been Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Caldron Energy Limited (between January 2018 and 15 July 2021), and Exploration Manager (between April 2014 and December 2017. Mr Oram has over 25 years’ experience in mineral exploration in a wide variety of geological terrains and resource commodities with an accomplished track record in establishing and leading the exploration function of several companies. Directly relevant to Cauldron, is his experience in commodities of uranium and gold. In uranium, Jess worked as Chief Exploration Geologist for Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd where he was involved in mining feasibility studies of the Four Mine Uranium deposits and ‘team leader’ of a group of geoscientists involved in the discovery of the Pepegoona Uranium, Pannikan Uranium and Pannikan West Uranium deposits. In gold, Oram worked for companies including Polymetals Mining, Triako Resources, and RGC/Goldfields. Mr Oram is currently General Manager – Exploration for Paladin Energy Limited. Other experience includes serving as Non-Executive Chair of ASX public company Force Commodities Limited (ASX: 4CE) from 4 February 2019 to 7 February 2021. During this time, Jess successfully restructured and recapitalised 4CE, allowing it to re-list after a ten-month period of voluntary suspension. Mr Oram has a Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geology major from the University of Queensland and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG).
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Mr Qiu is a highly experienced industrialist with more than 26 years’ experience in the architecture, construction and real estate industries in China as well as over 18 years of experience in the management of enterprises and projects throughout the country. Mr Qiu has a MBA obtained from the Oxford Commercial College, a joint program operated by Oxford University in China. |
Ms Li has over 9 years of extensive international trading experience in |
Mr Zhou is an experienced financial analyst in the materials and energy sector. In his career, Mr Zhou covers an extensive list of junior to mature mining companies and has developed a good understanding of industry financing. Mr Zhou received his Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from Wharton Business School in 2013. |
Jess Oram
Qiu Derong
Judy Li
Chenchong ZhouMichael Fry
B.Com.
Mr Michael Fry is a highly experienced finance executive who has acted in the capacity of chief financial officer and company secretary of ASX listed companies for over fifteen years. Michael joined Cauldron on 15 April 2019.
Mr Fry spent the first ten years working in chartered accounting with KPMG (Perth) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Melbourne). After leaving chartered accounting, Michael worked in corporate advisory with Troika Securities Ltd (Perth) prior to moving to Swick Mining Services Limited, an ASX listed drilling services provider contracting to the mining industry in Australia and North America.
Michael also works for Globe Metals & Mining Limited (ASX: GBE) and VDM Group Limited (ASX: VMG).
Asha Rao
Miss Asha Rao was appointed as Exploration Manager for Cauldron Energy Limited on 28 September 2021, initially serving as Cauldron’s Senior Exploration Geologist between 2013 and 2018.
Miss Rao has over 16 years’ experience in the minerals industry, having worked in uranium and gold mineral systems in a wide variety of geological terranes, countries and resource companies. Her geological experience is broad-based, ranging from early-stage, ‘grass-roots’ exploration through to ‘brownfields’, pre-production work, with proven management experience in varying exploration environments, discovering new exploration targets, challenging traditional exploration concepts and employing innovation to unravel the intricacies of mineral deposits.
After being directly involved with the early development of Cauldron’s Bennet Well Uranium Deposit (Yanrey Uranium Project), Asha worked as Geology Manager for Boss Energy Ltd at the Honeymoon Uranium ISR Mine where she led the geological team responsible for the significant increase in mineral resources (Feasibility Studies), was responsible for the increase in current exploration target range, and introduced the current successful multi-pronged exploration strategy incorporating innovative and alternative exploration techniques. Historical uranium experience includes multiple hard-rock and ISR uranium projects at various stages of development throughout Australia, Africa and Canada. In gold, Asha worked in the Central Murchison Goldfields for Westgold Resources Ltd and was involved in the various stages of development towards restart of mining at multiple high-grade gold mines, including the Great Fingal and Big Bell gold mines.
Miss Rao has a Master of Earth Science (MESci Hons) Geology degree from the University of Liverpool, (UK), and is a member of both the Australasian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Due to her sufficient experience and qualifications for the styles of mineralisation in question, Miss Rao consents to act as the Competent Person for the Company’s uranium and gold interests.
