Paul Niardone
Non-Executive Chairman

Paul Niardone is the executive director for Professional Public Relations (WA), the largest public relations consultancy in Western Australia.

He has experience in marketing, investor relations and strategic planning for clients in both government and the private sector. With a degree in politics and industrial relations, he started his career in the Department of Cabinet and Parliamentary Services.

After completing his Master of Business Administration, majoring in marketing, he held management positions with the Peel Region Business Enterprise Centre, the Department of Commerce and Trade and Westpac Bank before starting Professional Public Relations (WA).

Mr Niardone has co-authored and produced a publication "A Guide To Buying A Business" which is currently still being sold.

Mr Niardone has sat on the boards of a number of public and private companies and not-for-profit organisations. He is also a member of the Australian Marketing Institute, Institute of Management Consultants and the Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Niardone is recognised as a strategic marketer, developing lateral solutions to business and management issues and advising many corporations. He lectures at universities and currently sits on the Murdoch University Business School Board and conducts in-house corporate planning and marketing sessions.

Mr Niardone is a director of Armada Capital Ltd.

John Ceccon
Executive Director

John Ceccon graduated from Murdoch University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and then went on to work with Pannell Kerr Forster Chartered Accountants in its audit division.

Since 1992 he has held chief financial officer roles and held directorships in companies within a wide range of industries including manufacturing, building, packaging, wholesaling, software, mining, asset management, taxi management and most recently investment banking.

In performing his various executive roles, John has been responsible for debt finance raisings up to $6 million, negotiating insurance with annual premiums in excess of $500,000, software and hardware implementations for companies with turnovers in excess of $60 million and up to 200 employees, and sourcing seed capital on behalf of corporate entities for their American and UK expansions.

More recently in his role with Armada Capital Ltd, he has been instrumental in capital raisings for Australian Mining Investments Ltd (now called CuDeco Limited), Pryme Oil and Gas Ltd and Transit Holdings Ltd.

Mr Ceccon is currently a director of ASX listed company Transit Holdings Ltd, Armada Capital Ltd and Promesa Limited.

Malcolm Castle
Non-executive Director

Mr Castle has over 40 years' experience in exploration geology and property evaluation, working for major companies for 20 years as an exploration geologist. He established a consulting company 20 years ago and specialises in exploration management, technical audit, due diligence and property valuation at all stages of development. He has wide experience in a number of commodities including gold, base metals, iron ore, mineral sands and coal. He has been responsible for project discovery through to feasibility study in Australia, Fiji, Southern Africa and Indonesia and technical audits in many countries.

Mr Castle completed studies in Applied Geology with the University of New South Wales in 1965 and has been awarded a B.Sc.(Hons) degree. He has completed postgraduate studies with the Securities Institute of Australia in 2001 and has been awarded a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment in 2004. Mr. Castle has also been a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for over forty years.