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Bill is executive chairman of Paydirt Media Pty Ltd, publisher of the leading resources news magazines, “Australia’s Paydirt” and “Gold Mining Journal”. The company also owns and manages several major investor-focused resources conferences across Australia. Bill has made a remarkable impression on Australia Africa’s mining industry; he created and launched the “Africa Down Under” Conference (ADU) in 2003, and in 2010 was asked by the former Federal Trade Minister, Hon Simon Crean to form an industry working group to build closer links between Australian mining companies, and Australian and African governments, thus paving the way for the establishment of The Australia Africa Minerals & Energy Group in April 2011, where Bill served as a Director for five years. Bill has recently commenced a second term on Australian Foreign Minister’s Advisory Group on Australian African Relations (AAGAR). He was also National Chair of the Australian-African Business Council (AABC) and since 2003 has been proud to serve as the Honorary Consul for South Africa in Western Australia. AAMEG is extremely grateful for the knowledge and insights Bill has continued to provide since our inception. It is with great pleasure that we award Bill a lifetime membership.

Bill was a founding director of AAMEG in 2011, Chair from 2011 to early 2016 and continued as a director until 2019. A geologist who has worked for more than 30 years in emerging and developing countries, 16 years of which were in Central Africa, Bill has been involved in African resource-sector operations at all levels; from grass-roots exploration, through to mine development and onsite production of refined metal. Bill’s desire to enhance the Australian industry’s capacity to strengthen its world-leading position in offshore resource development practice “beyond just technical aspects”, and dedication to contributing more meaningfully to the economic development of the countries in Africa, have seen him as a deserving recipient of a lifetime membership with AAMEG. Bill has substantial experience in political and operational risk management, with a good appreciation for the value of enlightened approaches to community engagement and social development work, and the subsequent impact on risk mitigation and the building of an enduring competitive advantage. Bill has been an integral partner in the development of AAMEG and we have been honoured to present him with a lifetime membership.

The Assay is a 121 Group initiative that provides a print and online platform for leading fund managers and analysts to share their investment outlooks and market insights.

Each edition of The Assay showcases a range of exploration, development, and production assets, providing both private and publicly listed companies’ year-round global exposure to the institutional mining investor community.

Antrak Logistics is a global leader in international transport & logistics, catering specifically to provision of services to large mining and industrial projects. Constantly adapting to our clients evolving logistics requirements, Antrak draws from the extensive experience our personnel, the resources of our Global network and our deep understanding of Project Transport and Logistics services to provide customized solutions to meet our Clients requirements, with a focus on cost effective, safe and on time delivery of all cargo.

With Africa’s business landscape evolving rapidly, safe and compliant travel is essential. ATPI’s Africa Gateway draws on a century of expertise, a strong network of travel specialists, and local knowledge to help energy and resource companies navigate logistical, safety, and financial complexities when operating across the continent.

We are a global company redefining what’s possible. Our team is based across 21 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide. Combining our deep technical expertise with a 30-year track record, we deliver innovative, value-add consulting, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions to the mining & metals and industrial sectors. We find a better way.

BDO Perth is one of WA’s largest full service accounting firms proudly driven by our team of professionals and partners. We have a well-established client base of businesses across all sizes and industries that all rely on the accessibility, insight, technical expertise and industry experience of our team.

At Capital, we provide complete exploration and production drilling solutions to customers within the global minerals industry, including: blast hole, directional, grade control, resource development and underground drilling services, together with geo-technical capabilities.

Our reputation is built on an unwavering commitment to safety, delivering professional drilling solutions – even in the most remote and challenging environments – and going the extra mile to deliver on our customer’s individual requirements.

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives.
Since 1925, we’ve been driving sustainable progress and helping customers build a better world through innovative products and services. Throughout the product life cycle, we offer services built on cutting-edge technology and decades of product expertise. These products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value to help our customers succeed.
We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Caterpillar have been supporting many African mining projects with machines and power systems for many years now, our service network in African is unrivalled. We of course have a comprehensive range of generator sets but also have a full microgrid suite of products including hybrid control systems, fully integrated energy storage systems which incorporate CAT battery inverters and even Caterpillar branded and supported solar panels.

Corporate & Resource Consultants Pty Ltd (CRC) is a privately owned consultancy which specialises in the financing, investing in and managing emerging companies in the resources sector.
Our services range from assistance during the establishment phase in acquiring projects and raising seed capital through to facilitation of the initial public offering process and ongoing fundraising, corporate management, investor relations, company secretarial and administration support.
With our depth of experience and contacts, both in Australia and internationally, principally in Africa, CRC has the capacity to evaluate and advise on a variety of investment opportunities.

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal and business needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients.

In Australia, it has offices in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne offering clients the benefits of global expertise delivered locally - we specialise in assisting our clients capture opportunity and manage risk in Australia and beyond. Within Africa, it has one of the widest networks of any global law firm through DLA Piper Africa with a presence across 20 countries on the continent.

Across the globe - and particularly in Australia and Africa - DLA Piper offers full-service support to a variety of key sectors, including Energy and Natural Resources.

DRA Global Limited (DRA or the Company) is an international multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery and operations management group, predominantly focused on the mining, minerals and metals industry.
The Group has an extensive track record spanning four decades across a wide range of commodities. DRA’s teams have deep expertise in the mining, minerals and metals processing industries, as well as related non-process infrastructure such as, water, and energy solutions.
DRA covers all major mining centres with offices across Africa and the Middle East, North and South America, and Asia-Pacific.

ECG provides specialised electrical engineering services to the Mining, Utilities, Materials Handling and Industrial industries, with extensive and proven capabilities across all aspects of project management, power generation, power systems, control systems, automation, plant integrity and operations support.

Through expertise, experience, innovation and integrity – ECG clients are supported by a team of highly qualified and dedicated professionals with worldwide experience in the design, construction and commissioning of mineral processing facilities. ECG can deliver efficient, innovative reliable and cost effective solutions for your project delivery.

Genser Energy is an energy solutions provider based in the USA with operations in Africa.

We currently operate in Ghana and also have early stage projects in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. We are actively seeking to expand our operations across the African continent.

We build, own and operate distributed generation installations and natural gas distribution infrastructure, selling power and natural gas to mines, industries and utilities.

Geodrill is a leading exploration drilling company with operations in six (6) countries and two (2) continents, namely: Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali in West Arica; Egypt in North Africa; and Peru in South America. With a fleet of 70 surface and underground drill rigs, Geodrill provides Reverse Circulation, Diamond Core, Deep Directional Navi Drilling, Air-Core, Grade Control, Geo-Tech and Water Borehole drilling services to major, intermediate and junior mining companies and operates the largest fleet of multi-purpose rigs in Africa.

Gerard Daniels provide specialist advice in Executive Search and Board Consulting throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa and The Americas.

Bannerman Energy is an Australian listed uranium development company (ASX: BMN, OTCQB: BNNLF, NSX: BMN). Our flagship Etango Project is one of the world’s largest undeveloped uranium assets. It is located in the highly established uranium mining jurisdiction of Namibia and we have environmental permits in place for development. Etango has been strongly de-risked through extensive drilling, technical evaluation and operation of a process demonstration plant facility.

Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX:BKT) has a 100% interest in the Mahenge Project in Tanzania which hosts a multi-generational graphite resource and is one of the largest JORC-compliant flake graphite resources globally, with 212m tonnes @ 7.8% TGC, and a reserve of 70m tonnes @ 8.5% TGC.

The Mahenge Project is spread across 324 square kilometres of exploration tenements in Tanzania’s Ulanga district, approximately 250 km north of the border with Mozambique. 250 km west of the coastal port city of Mtwara on the Indian Ocean and 300 km southwest of Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam.

Black Rock’s Definitive Feasibility Study for the project considers a four-stage construction schedule to deliver up to 340,000 tonnes per annum of 98.5% graphite concentrate for 26 years of 98.5% LOI premium graphite flake concentrate with the ability to produce Ultra Purity flake of 99% LOI.

Led by a proven and experienced management team with an exceptional track record of uranium success from development to production, Deep Yellow (the Company) is advancing a dual-pillar growth strategy to establish a multi-mine, 5-10Mlb per annum, low-cost, tier-one uranium producer.

EcoGraf’s vertically integrated battery anode material business is supporting the global transition to clean energy for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery manufacturers.