Stuart Comline
Independent Director
Mr Comline is a graduate of the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa with a BSc (Honours) in Geology. He also has a MSc in Geology from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and a Management Diploma from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has 50 years’ of experience in all stages of the mining industry, including extensive platinum group metal (PGM) expertise.
Since 2014 he has served as a Director and Africa representative of Walcot Gold Ltd, a private Australian company, in addition he also has his own private exploration companies.
From 1997 to 2007 he was involved with TSX listed AfriOre Ltd, initially as VP Exploration and ultimately as Chairman, when the company was sold to LSE Lonmin PLC, a PGM producer, in 2007 for C$444 million. AfriOre Ltd had a variety of base metal, gold and PGM exploration projects, including the flagship Akanani PGM project, plus an operating coal mine.
Between 2008 and 2012, he served as a Director and Interim CEO of TSX listed Talon Metals Corp., a gold, iron ore and potash explorer in Brazil. He was also a director of TSX listed Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. (potash and phosphate in Brazil) between 2008 and 2010 and a director of Saber Energy Ltd (coal bed methane in Botswana) between 2009 and 2012. Between 2007 and 2009 he was also a Non Executive Director of AIM listed Chaarat Mining Corp., which was exploring for gold in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Between 1995 and 1997 Mr Comline was an independent consultant advising banks and mining industry companies on exploration strategy and divesture of mineral assets. Between 1981 and 1995 he was with JCI Ltd, a major South African mining company, initially as Exploration Manager, advancing to General Manager responsible for JCI’s Geology Department. He worked on copper and tungsten in Namibia, gold in the Witwatersrand and PGM exploration projects and mines in the Bushveld Complex and the Great Dyke in Southern Africa. Mr Comline also had previous roles as Senior Exploration Geologist for Anglo American Gold in Southern Africa and Exploration Geologist for JCI Ltd focused on nickel, copper and PGM exploration and mining projects on mafic complexes in Zimbabwe, Angola and South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa.
Mr Comline is a British national and South African permanent resident.