Management and Consultants

Mr Morissey joins Belararox from previous Director-level roles in the audit divisions of global accounting firms EY, KPMG and Grant Thornton. He has over 15 years’ direct experience in servicing clients within the mining exploration and development sector. This includes specific expertise extending across compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, the Corporations Act, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Department of Mines regulation.

Mr Morissey has also consulted directly to CFOs within the Australian mining sector, which has included services pertaining to optimisation of management and Board reporting processes, cashflow forecasting, and budgeting.

Mr Morissey is a Chartered Accountant (CA), a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in Canada.

Jason Ward holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, Geology and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Jason has had a highly successful global career as an exploration geologist; and has over 25 years’ experience working around the world; most recently in Ecuador where he was instrumental in the discovery of several copper gold deposits, including the Tier-1 Cascabel copper gold porphyry deposit (12Mt Cu & 26Moz Au) for SolGold PLC.

Jason has an extensive track record of successfully working with local communities, safely managing exploration teams, and working with people from diverse cultures in challenging social and physical terrains.

Dr Steve Garwin is an independent consultant based in Perth, Western Australia with more than 35 years of experience as an exploration geologist. Steve has worked on gold and copper projects with more than 40 clients in over 20 countries, including ten years with Newmont Mining, Nevada, where he was Chief Geologist for 2 years.

Steve is a fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, a fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He obtained his B.Sc. in geology from Stanford, M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and Ph.D. (with distinction) from the University of Western Australia. He is an adjunct research fellow at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at UWA and has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific papers and abstracts.

Steve is one of the leading authorities on porphyry, epithermal and Carlin-style mineralisation in the circum-Pacific region. He has been involved in several, major exploration and mining projects, including the Batu Hijau porphyry Cu-Au mine in Indonesia; the gold mines of the Carlin and Battle Mountain Trends in Nevada; the Cortadera porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit cluster in northern Chile; the Tier 1 Alpala porphyry Cu-Au-Ag deposit, Tandayama porphyry Cu-Au and Cacharposa porphyry Cu-Au deposit in Ecuador; and the Hemi intrusion-hosted gold deposit cluster in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia.

In addition to being the chief technical advisor to the TMT Project of Belararox, Steve is chief technical advisor to SolGold Plc. (SOLG:L and SOLG:TSX-V) and Hot Chili Ltd. (HCH:ASX and HCH:TSX-V); senior technical advisor to Aurania Resources Ltd. (AUR:TSX-V); and technical advisor to Japan Gold Corp. (JG:TSX-V).

Jason has more than 30 years of experience in the exploration and mining industry, both in Australia and internationally. He specialises in exploration management, project management, information management, geological modelling, technical reporting, and project development. Jason has held executive positions and successfully operated geoscience service companies that support the exploration and development of coal and mineral projects. Other Notable projects he has worked on include the Cascabel and Porvenir copper-gold deposits in Ecuador.

Chris brings more than 15 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry, having worked in both small and large-scale operations in Australia and internationally. As a skilled project manager and lead geologist, he has a proven track record of successfully delivering exploration programs across a variety of commodities.

Chris has a diverse background in mineral exploration, having started his career focused on copper porphyries in the Andes. Over the years, he has gained experience across various commodities, including iron ore, copper, nickel, gold, silver, zinc, and lithium. His professional journey has taken him to work on projects in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mongolia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. Chris specialises in geological modelling, ore genesis, and target generation.

Jacques is a geologist with 25 years of experience in both academia and the mineral resources industry, specialising in geochemistry and economic geology. He began his career as a field geologist in the Central Africa Copperbelt, where he focused on the stratigraphy and mineralisation of the Katanga Supergroup while also lecturing at the University of Lubumbashi. Currently, he serves as an associate professor at the university and teaches courses on mineral exploration.

Jacques has explored copper (Cu) and gold (Au) deposits in Australia, including porphyry Cu-Au systems, and has developed expertise in geochemical targeting and geophysical interpretation. During his time at Rio Tinto Exploration, he supported global teams focused on sediment-hosted copper, porphyry copper, nickel-copper, and other commodities. Later, as a principal geoscientist at the Geological Survey of Queensland, he concentrated on critical metals. He served as a lead geochemist supporting Fortescue Metals Group exploration teams for various projects, including copper porphyry, sediment-hosted copper, iron ore, IOCG, lithium, and gold, among others. Jacques has also worked as a principal consultant in the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently leads our Cu-Ag exploration in Botswana’s Kalahari Copperbelt Project.

Ms Baker is a high-level Executive Assistant with an extensive background in Oil and Gas, Mining, Corporate Finance, and the Investment Banking sectors. Ms Baker has over 20 years’ experience working with senior executive management and board members in companies such as Clough, Bhagwan Marine, and Macquarie Bank in Perth and Sydney.

Ms Baker holds both Administration and Accounting qualifications and has also completed Corporate Governance studies at the AICD.