Mr John Shipp

Chairman (Non-Executive)
Qualifications: Assoc. Camborne School of Mines, FAusIMM

Mr Shipp is a mining engineer with nearly 40 years of international experience in Australia, Africa, Fiji and Europe involving open cut and underground mining for gold and base metals in a range of environments.

Prior to joining the Rubicon Board he was President of Barrick Gold Corporation's Australia Africa Business Unit and was recently involved in the corporate acquisition of Placer Dome to form what is now the largest gold mining company in the world. Before this he had been General Manager of both the KCGM Superpit in Kalgoorlie and the Boddington joint venture, respectively Australia's largest and second largest gold mines. Mr Shipp has also been involved in plant design, construction and commissioning. In recent years his direction has been towards business development and the determination of strategic direction at corporate level. Mr Shipp also sits on the Board of Navigator Resources Limited.

Mr Peter Eaton

Managing Director
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), MAusIMM

Mr Eaton is a geologist with more than 25 years of experience in exploration, mining and acquisitions roles in Australia and internationally. Prior to joining Rubicon, he was General Manager - Geology and Business Development with Aditya Birla Minerals Limited and was the technical lead in the recent $300m capital raising and ASX listing of that company. During his tenure, Birla Minerals completed a feasibility study on, and commissioned the Nifty underground copper mine.

Mr Eaton previously held technical and senior management positions with WMC Limited, including site-based chief geologist roles and senior regional exploration roles and has also had significant corporate experience in a number of listed exploration companies, including the previous role of managing director.

Mr Ian Buchhorn

Non-Executive Director
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), Dip Geosci (Min.Econ.), MAusIMM

Mr Buchhorn is a mineral economist and geologist, who has worked on nickel, bauxite and industrial mineral mining and exploration, gold and base metal project generation and corporate evaluations. He has over 30 years experience as an economic geologist and has operated as a registered mine manager, which has included the commissioning of several open cut gold mines.

Mr Buchhorn is a founding director of Heron Resources Limited and has overseen the growth of Heron's major Kalgoorlie Nickel Laterite Project into one of the world's largest undeveloped nickel resources since the Company's inception some 10 years ago. He also sits on the board of Polaris Metals NL.

Mr Sam Middlemas

Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Qualifications: B.Com, ACA,Grad.Dip.Acc.

Mr Middlemas is a chartered accountant with more that 15 years experience in various financial and company secretarial roles with a number of listed public companies operating in the resources sector. He is the principal of a corporate advisory company which provides financial and secretarial services specializing in capital raisings and initial public offerings. Previously Mr Middlemas worked for an international accountancy firm. His fields of expertise include corporate secretarial practice, financial and management reporting in the mining industry, treasury and cash flow management and corporate governance.

Dr Kevin Cassidy

Exploration Manager
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PhD, MBA (Tech Mgt), FSEG

Dr Cassidy is an internationally recognized expert on gold and base metal mineralisation in Archean terranes. Kevin was previously Project Leader and Principal Geoscientist with Geoscience Australia where he was responsible for the strategic leadership, management and co-ordination of industry-focused and collaborative projects on the geology and mineralisation systems of the Yilgarn Craton and the Paterson Basin in Western Australia. After completing a PhD in 1992, Kevin also spent three years as a Research Fellow in Canada, studying similar deposits in that country. Prior to this, Kevin had exploration experience with major and junior exploration groups.

It is expected that Kevin will make a significant contribution to the exploration of Rubicon's projects and be able to apply the most recent conceptual thinking and methodology to successful exploration.