MR DAVID COYNE

Interim Non Executive Chairman

Mr Coyne has over 30 years experience in the mining, oil & gas and engineering & construction sectors, within Australia and internationally. He has held senior executive and non-executive positions in both listed and non-listed companies including previously serving Peninsula Energy as Finance Director, Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary between 2013 and 2020 and as a Non-Executive Director between July 2020 and October 2021. As an experienced CPA, Mr Coyne has secured equity and debt funding, led commercial, financial, and tax due diligence and lead cost reduction initiatives for active mining projects. Mr Coyne is currently an Executive Director and Joint Company Secretary for Spartan Resources Limited and has previously been a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee for BC Iron Limited.  

MR GEORGE BAUK

Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer

Mr Bauk holds over 30 years of global experience across the uranium, rare earths, gold, lithium and graphite sectors. He has successfully established and managed companies, led major projects from exploration to production, and raised over A$670 million through equity, debt financing and government grants. Mr Bauk has built strong political and industry connections across Australia, the USA and key global markets.

Prior to joining Peninsula Energy, Mr Bauk served as Executive Chair at Thunderbird Resources (ASX:THB) and Non-Executive Chair at PVW Resources (ASX:PVW), Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT) and Spartan Resources (formerly Gascoyne Resources) (ASX: SPR) (Aug 2020-Feb 2022) in addition to holding the position of Managing Director and CEO of Northern Minerals Limited – formerly Northern Uranium (Mar 2010-Jun 2020).

MR HARRISON BARKER

Non-Executive Director

Harrison Barker retired June 1, 2015 from the Generation segment of Dominion Resources with over 40 years of fossil and nuclear fuel commercial and technical responsibilities. Since 1992, Mr Barker had been the manager responsible for Dominion’s procurement of nuclear fuel and the related processing steps of conversion from U3O8 to UF6, enrichment of UF6, and fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies.

He is a former chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Utility Fuel Committee, and a past member of the World Nuclear Fuel Market Board of Directors (Chairman for two years). He served on an Advisory Board to American Uranium Corporation while they attempted to develop the Wyoming Reno Creek uranium deposit.

From 1975 to 1984 he worked as an engineer and supervisor in the areas of nuclear fuel quality assurance, nuclear core design, nuclear fabrication contract administration, nuclear fuel procurement, spent fuel transportation and disposal planning during a period when Dominion was building its regulated nuclear operating fleet in Virginia.

Mr Barker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Master’s in Nuclear Engineering Science both from the University of Florida.

MR MARK WHEATLEY

Non-Executive Director

Mr Wheatley is a chemical engineer with corporate finance experience and a career spanning more than 30 years in mining and related industries.  He has worked in the uranium industry since 2003 and been involved in ISL project exploration, feasibility studies, start up, production, rehabilitation and closure. His uranium experience includes the roles of Chairman and CEO of Southern Cross Resources Inc., the operator of the Honeymoon ISR uranium project, Non-Executive Director of Uranium One Inc. and Uranium Resources Inc. Mr Wheatley is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Prospect Resources Limited and a Non-Executive Director of TriStar Group.  His other board roles have included Non-Executive Chairman of Xanadu Mines Ltd, Gold One International Ltd, Goliath Gold Mining Ltd, Norton Gold Fields Ltd and non-executive directorships of St Barbara Ltd and Riversdale Resources Limited. 

MR BRIAN BOOTH

Non-Executive Director

Mr Booth is an experienced mining executive, who brings over 35 years of experience across the mineral exploration and mining sectors with major and junior mining companies. During his career, Mr Booth has held various CEO roles where he was responsible for developing and executing high-level growth strategies across the mining lifecycle, implementing and progressing key ESG objectives and securing ongoing funding requirements through the capital markets.

Most recently, Mr Booth was President, CEO and director of Element 29 Resources Inc., a public company on the TSX.V (ECU) focused on advancing the exploration and development of the Elida and Flor De Cobre Cu porphyry projects in Peru. Prior to this role, Mr Booth was Chair of Canadian gold producer Claude Resources acquired by Silver Standard Resources (Now SSR Mining Inc.) for C$337 million in 2016 and President, CEO and a Director of Lake Shore Gold Corp. when the company progressed from resource drilling to the underground development of the Timmins West gold deposit and purchased the Bell Creek Mine and Mill. Lake Shore Gold Corp. was acquired by Tahoe Resources in 2016 for C$751m.

Mr Booth is currently a director of SSR Mining Inc and GFG Resources Inc