Management and Consultants

Graeme Morissey

Chief Financial Officer

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 Keys

General Manager Exploration

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 Blaser

Exploration Manager

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.

Dr Jacques Batumike

Principal Geoscientist

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.

Sherrie Baker

Executive Assistant / Administration Manager

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.