Board and management

Managing director – Adrian Griffin
Mr Griffin has more than 40 years’ experience in the mining industry – in project identification, development and financing, as well as oversight of integrated mining and processing facilities. A founding director of Northern Minerals (the first heavy-rare-earths producer outside China) and Parkway Minerals (developer of the K-Max™ process to recover potassium and other metals from glauconite), he is also a non-executive director of Reedy Lagoon Corporation. With particular expertise in processing technology, Mr Griffin is currently identifying unconventional sources of lithium (including mine waste) and developing the technology to process them plus more conventional feed stocks such as spodumene. As managing director of Lithium Australia, he is also focused on the downstream production of lithium-ion battery components, as well as the recycling of battery/e-waste to recover the energy metals they contain. In so doing, Mr Griffin is positioning the company as a vertically integrated producer of lithium processing technology, a manufacturer of battery components and a developer of battery recycling technology, the aim being to access all facets of the lithium value chain.

Non-executive director – Kristie Young
Ms Young’s varied background includes more than 20 years’ experience across a range of sectors, including technical engineering, project evaluation, strategy, business development, growth, marketing, commercial, client management, governance and human resources.
Most recently, Ms Young held senior growth and business development executive roles with leading professional services firms PwC and Ernst & Young. She is Non-Executive Chair of ChemX Materials (ASX:CMX), Non-Executive Director of Tesoro Resources (ASX:TSO) and sits on the board of Wesley College WA.
Ms Young holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Hons from the University of Queensland and a Post Graduate Diploma of Education (Mathematics & IT) from the University of Western Australia. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a CertIV HR from the Australian HR Institute.

Non-executive director – Phil Thick

Non-executive chairman – George Bauk
Mr Bauk has more than 30 years’ experience in the resource industry and 15+ years as a listed company director, involved in mining exploration and production both within Australia and overseas. With qualifications that include a Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Finance) from Edith Cowan University and an MBA from the University of New England, he has held global operational and corporate roles with Northern Minerals, WMC Resources and Western Metals. A Fellow of the CPA, Mr Bauk also boasts a strong background in strategic management, business planning, team building, finance and capital/debt raising (more than $350 million), and his expertise encompasses a variety of commodities; in particular, critical minerals such as rare earths, lithium, graphite, gold and uranium. During his time as managing director of Northern Minerals, Mr Bauk led that company’s rapid development from greenfields heavy-rare-earth explorer to one of the few global producers of high-value dysprosium outside of China. Mr Bauk has previously held senior positions within the Chamber of Minerals and Energy, including as its vice-president, and continues to be a passionate contributor to the Western Australian resources sector.

Company secretary – Barry Woodhouse
For some 25 years, Mr Woodhouse has been involved in manufacturing, mining services, exploration, mine production (gold, oil and gas, iron ore, bauxite, lithium, copper, uranium and manganese) and information technology in his roles as, variously, chairman, director, CFO, financial controller and/or company secretary of a number of listed and private entities.
His career has granted him exposure to a number of jurisdictions, including the US, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Europe and India. In general, Mr Woodhouse involves himself with a company while it is establishing or redefining its investment strategy.
