Management Team

Mike Dunbar

BSc, P Grad Dip (Economic Geology), MAusIMM

Mr Dunbar has over 25 years' experience in exploration and mine geology in Australia and overseas. He was involved in the discovery, delineation and development of the +2Moz Thunderbox gold mine, the delineation and development of the +1Moz Dalgaranga Gold Mine, the discovery and delineation of the +1Moz Glenburgh Gold deposit and the discovery and delineation of the Waterloo/Amorac, Munali and the Mirabella Nickel Sulphide mines, the IOCG - Cloncurry Copper, Gold, Cobalt, Magnetite project as well as a number of smaller deposits. Mr Dunbar's experience includes 4 years with Eagle Mining, 6 years with LionOre Australia, 6 years with the Mitchell River group of companies including Albidon, Mirabela Nickel, African Energy, Sally Malay Mining (now Panoramic) and Exco Resources and 9 years with Gascoyne Resources. Mr Dunbar was previously Managing Director at Mamba Exploration.

Rod Wheatley 

B.Bus, CPA 

Mr Wheatley joined Emmerson in March 2021, he is a CPA qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in senior financial roles within the resources and oil and gas industry. Mr Wheatley was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Altura Mining Limited and prior to that Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at Avenira Limited. Mr Wheatley brings to the Company a depth of experience in financial management and corporate governance of ASX listed mining and exploration companies in both Australia and internationally.

James Dent 

Received his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Applied and Environmental Geology from University of Leicester.

Mr Dent is an Exploration Geologist with 9 years' international experience across a variety of precious and base metal systems in greenfields and near-mine environments while working for junior, mid-tier and major companies across five continents.

James brings his wealth of knowledge having explored for porphyry deposits in Chile, epithermal gold systems in Mexico and the USA, and gold and base metals in Arctic Sweden. More recently, James worked as a Senior Geologist at Newcrest's Havieron discovery in the Paterson Province of Western Australia.