Simon Jackson

Mr. Simon Jackson was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in October 2021. Mr Jackson is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Jackson is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in management of resource companies, particularly in Africa. Mr. Jackson was a key member of the management team of TSX listed Red Back Mining Inc., a company that financed, developed and operated two gold mines in West Africa culminating in a takeover by Kinross Gold Corp in 2010.

He was then founding President & CEO and later Chairman of TSXV listed Orca Gold Inc, acquired by Perseus Mining in May 2022, which discovered the Block 14 gold project in Sudan Mr. Jackson has previously been a director of multiple ASX and TSX listed companies including Cardinal Resources Limited.