Jim Askew

Jim is a mining engineer with over 45 years international experience, some 35 of them as a Board member and/or Chief Executive Officer for a wide range of Australian and international publicly listed mining, mining finance and other mining related companies. He has had a continuous involvement with the African mining industry since 1985 and joined the Syrah Board as Chair in 2014.

Jim has been a CEO of public resource companies for some 20 years and served on Boards internationally since 1983. Jim currently holds non-executive director positions at Evolution Mining (ASX) and Endeavour Mining (TSX). Other past listed company directorships include Rayrock Limited (TSX), PMI Gold (Chairman), Sino Gold (Chairman), Asian Mineral Resources (Chairman), Eldorado Gold (Non-Executive Director), Yamana Gold (Non-Executive Director), Golden Shamrock Mines and Golden Star. He was awarded the Presidents Medal of the AusIMM for services to the global mining industry in 2018, additional to other industry awards.