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Senior Management

Wayne Ashworth

General Manager Operations

B. Eng (Mechanical)

Wayne Ashworth is General Manager - Operations for Minara's Murrin Murrin Operations. He first joined Minara in January 2005 in the role of Mechanical Engineering and Maintanence Manager.

Mr Ashworth has spent 10 years working in similar process plants to Murrin Murrin, previously having been employed as Technical Consultant and Commissioning Manager for the Rio Tuba Nickel HPAL project located in the southern Philippines for JGC and Sumitomo, and at Bulong Nickel Operation as Maintenance Manager.

Jason Cooke

General Manager Corporate Development
BE, MBA, F Fin

Jason Cooke joined Minara in 2001 as Business Development Manager. Prior to his current role he was employed by a subsidiary of Glencore International where he evaluated acquisitions and managed investments in base metal producers within Australia and offshore. Mr Cooke has 15 years experience in the mining and minerals industry having worked in both technical and financial roles.

David Readett

Group Manager, Project Development
BE Met. Eng, FAusIMM(CP)

Mr Readett is Minara's Group Manager, Project Development. He is a Chartered Professional Metallurgical Engineer with over 20 years experience in the mining and minerals industry. He has been employed in a variety of professional roles including Group Manager Processing and Engineering with Straits Resources Limited, Technical Services Manager with Cobre Las Cruces, Business Development Manager and Senior Process Engineer with CMPS&F as well as roles with Mount Isa Mines Limited, Pasminco Metals and the South Australian Institute of Technology.

Cynthia Sargent 

General Counsel & Company Secretary
BSL, JD

Cynthia Sargent was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary on 10 January 2008. Prior to joining the company Ms Sargent was a partner in the litigation department at Clayton Utz. Ms Sargent has extensive legal experience in Australia, South Africa and the USA.