A. Anthony McLellan
Chairman

Mr McLellan is a skilled company chairman with experience in a range of resource industries. For approximately thirty years he lived overseas, the last twenty years in America. A proven leader, he has been the CEO of major international corporations, and has transacted business in more than twenty countries.

During his time abroad, Mr McLellan served as President and CEO of the predecessor of Barrick Gold, now the world's largest gold mining company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Since returning to Australia, Mr McLellan has acted as the initial chairman of Felix Resources and was closely involved in building Felix Resources into a major coal company. He also served as chairman of Bemax Resources, which he helped develop into Australia's second-largest mineral sands producer. Mr McLellan was instrumental in the sale of Bemax to a Saudi Arabian entity at a substantial premium.

Mr McLellan is currently chairman of Norton Gold Fields Limited, owner of the Paddington Gold Mine at Kalgoorlie, the purchase of which he negotiated from Barrick Gold. Since his appointment in 2006, Norton has grown rapidly, and is now Australia's fourth largest ASX-listed gold producer.

Mr McLellan served as chairman of Habitat for Humanity, for many years. During his tenure, the organisation grew substantially, winning the Prime Minister's National Award. Mr McLellan was also a director of Opportunity International Australia, a partnership that operates in over 30 countries, providing micro loans to poor people in the third-world. Other not-for-profit interests include his directorship of The Menzies Research Centre. He is also chairman of Australian Christian Lobby.

Mr Nolan was appointed Managing Director of Elementos Limited in September 2009 following his role as Corporate Development Manager for Orocobre Limited, where he was primarily responsible for facilitating the de-merger of Orocobre's copper and gold assets into Elementos Limited.

Mr Nolan has over seventeen years of diverse experience in the resources sector. This has included experience in mining operations, global resource evaluation, and the financing and development of new opportunities in Australia, South Africa, Asia, and South America.

Mr Nolan's is a qualified mineral economist who has applied his first-hand practical and technical skills in specialist roles as an equities analyst in the mining and natural resources sector of stock broking firms Morgan Stanley and Wilson HTM. During this period he undertook detailed coverage of the Australian and global resources sector including the commodities market.

Mr Nolan has been a Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the corporate finance and valuations practice, specialising in resources industry valuations for Australian and global resources firms. Most recently Mr Nolan worked as business development executive with ASX listed coal exploration and development company, Aviva Corporation, where he undertook commercial development of Aviva's integrated energy portfolio and identified acquisition opportunities in Australia and Africa.

Mr Nolan's qualifications and experience in mining, economics, finance, and management across several continents are well suited to the development opportunities before Elementos.

Mr McCauley was appointed a Director of Elementos in October 2010. Mr McCauley is currently the Managing Director of RMM Capital, a Queensland based private equity firm specialising in resource investments.

Prior to this, Mr McCauley was the chief financial officer and company secretary of Felix Resources Limited, a highly-successful coal company which, during Mr. McCauley’s tenure grew in market capitalisation from approximately $30 million to over $1 billion through a number of successful mergers, acquisitions and green field project developments.

Mr McCauley recently acted as Chief Executive Officer of Norton Gold Fields Limited for eight months, undertaking a successful management and strategic overhaul of the Company. RMM Capital’s clients have been major shareholders in Norton and he has been a director since 2007. In that time Norton has grown from a junior explorer to a major Australian mid- capitalisation gold producer of 140,000 per annum and with more than 5 million ounces in resources. Mr McCauley has also served in operations and strategic roles at several coal mine operations, Mt Isa Mines and at the Alumbrera copper-gold mine in Argentina. Mr McCauley has also served in operations and strategic roles at several coal mine operations, Mt Isa Mines and at the Alumbrera copper-gold mine in Argentina.

Mr McCauley holds an Honours Degree in Engineering (majoring in Mining) from the University of Queensland, and a Masters in Business Administration from Bond University. Mr McCauley is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In addition, Mr McCauley holds a First Class Underground Mine Manager’s Certificate.

Mr Grahame has worked in South America as an exploration geologist since 1997 in a variety of geological roles developing and advancing deposits that have included Pascua-Lama, El Indio, Tambo, Rio del Medio, San Carron and TNR-La Ortiga, as well as generating regional targets.

From 2001 he worked for six years in Patagonia developing projects, and in regional exploration for Brancote, Meridian Gold, Minera Andes and Exeter Resources. Most notably, he was involved with the Esquel Project and was responsible for developing the Cerro Moro Project in Argentina into a significant exploration target for Exeter Resources. He was also part of the management team that discovered the Caspiche copper and-gold porphyry system in northern Chile.

He has permanent residency in Argentina, is fluent in Spanish and based in Elementos' Brisbane head office.

Ms Scott is a chartered accountant with nearly twenty years experience in a broad range of industries within the commercial and chartered accounting sectors.

Ms Scott’s diverse commercial experience has been gained both in Australia and the United Kingdom, across sectors including mining, travel and tourism and information technology.

For five years, Ms Scott worked as the Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary for Core Resources Pty Ltd, assisting the company to develop its exploration and mining services businesses, including the purchase of the Hydrometallurgical Research Laboratory from Xstrata, in Brisbane.

Prior to this, Ms Scott worked in London for four years gaining broad experience in multinational businesses working on projects in large, complex and highly challenging environments.

Mr Crawford is an accountant with over 30 years of commercial experience in various technical and management roles within the minerals, coal and petroleum industries. He has also had significant corporate experience in the management and governance of ASX listed resource and mining companies.

Mr Crawford is the principal of a corporate consultancy firm he established in 2001, offering a range of commercial and corporate governance services to corporate clients.

Mr Crawford is currently a non-executive Director and company secretary of ASX-listed companies DiamonEx Limited and ActivEx Limited and company secretary of Orocobre Limited.

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