Keith has over 22 years of mining and resources project delivery and company management experience in Australia and overseas in the areas of mechanical design, contract management, construction management, commissioning and operations management. He was previously Managing Director and co-founder of Kirrama Resources Limited, a commodities development company with chromite and manganese projects in Madagascar. Mr McKnight has extensive experience spanning a range of commodities and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Limerick.
Michael is a Certified Public Accountant , with more than 20 years’ experience in the mining industry. He has developed an extensive background and knowledge through managing operational and corporate finance functions within resource companies, both in Australia and internationally. This includes C-suite experience in the areas of financial reporting and analysis, tax, treasury, systems design and implementation, purchasing and logistics and business improvement. Michael previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer with Andromeda Metals Ltd (ASX: ADN), having been with Andromeda since June 2020 and was a key member of Andromeda’s Executive Committee during this time. He also previously held various commercial roles with New Gold Inc., an international mining organisation listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges, which included Company Director and Secretary for New Gold’s Australian divisions. He also held the role of General Manager of Australian operations for Peak Gold Mines based in Cobar, NSW, which was sold by New Gold Inc. to Aurelia Metals Limited in 2018. Michael spent almost 5 years from 2009 working with Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) as Divisional Commercial Manager, where he established the commercial and financial functions for Whitehaven open-cut operations and which included greenfield development sites. In addition, he previously worked with Xstrata Copper in business development establishing finance and commercial functions for the project development division.
Megan is a Chartered Accountant with more than 18 years of commercial and public practice experience across multiple jurisdictions including ASX and NASDAQ listed companies. Having commenced her career with Macquarie Bank, currently Ms McPherson provides CFO/Company Secretary services as a consultant to several public and private companies in the mining industry.
BEng (Mining) (Hons). Dip (Bus) Frontline Management. 1st Class Mine Manager’s Cert of Competency
Charles “Chas” Murcott is a Mining Engineer with over 25 years’ experience working within Australia and abroad, with a significant portion of his career in Tasmania. Prior to joining G6M, Chas was the Mining Manager at Kingrose Mining Limited (ASX: KRM) Way Linggo Project in Indonesia.
His previous experience in Tasmania includes Operations Manager with Venture Minerals Limited (ASX: VMS) as Operations Manager of the Riley DSO Project and Mining Manager/Alternate General Manager at BCD Resources Tasmania Mine at Beaconsfield.
Mr Murcott has a Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Hons) from University of Queensland, holds a 1st Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency and holds a Diploma of Business ‐ Frontline Management.