Mr Kluksdahl is a seasoned mining executive with over 35 years of global broad-based operational and leadership experience. He has a strong knowledge of the PGM market.

From 2017-2021, Mr Kluksdahl held the role of Chief Operating Officer – US Region, at SibanyeStillwater, a multinational precious metals company with a diverse portfolio of PGMs, gold and base metals assets in South Africa, North and South America.

Prior to that, Mr Kluksdahl held the position of President of AngloGold Ashanti Colombia, from 2011 to 2017. During his tenure, he led the successful recovery of three struggling green field projects and country development programs in Colombia.

Mr Kluksdahl has also held senior roles with Washington Group International, Rio Tinto, Homestake Mining Company, Battle Mountain Gold, and Tenneco Minerals.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology and is a registered professional engineer.

Mr Douchane joined BBX on 21 October 2019. Mr Douchane is a highly experienced mining executive with extensive experience over 40 years in North and South America, including COO, CEO and Chairman roles with a number of mid-tier and junior mining companies including Round Mountain, Battle Mountain Gold, Franco-Nevada, North American Palladium and Starfield Resources. In addition to Mr. Douchane’s executive experience, as a mining engineer he has deep technical expertise in many aspects of the extraction business including exploration and ore body development, feasibility and full engineering studies, mine and process plant construction and on-site operations management.

Certified Practising Accountant with over 10 years’ experience in finance, taxation, and compliance and has held senior roles with several ASX listed mining and technology companies.

Mr. Soares is fluent in both English and Portuguese. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from Curtin University, Perth, and is a member of CPA Australia. 

Karl is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in capital markets.

With a strong record of establishing corporations and start-ups, Karl has extensive corporate and commercial experience gained during a period of 30 years working with a number of fortune 500 companies operating in the media, production, and product design sectors.

Karl is currently the co-founder and COO of an organisation committed to providing alternative solutions to single use plastic for public-facing industries.

Ms Smith has over 15 years’ experience working in environmental and public health roles across private, government and non-for-profit sectors in Australia and Canada. During her career, Ms Smith has successfully led the development and implementation of sustainability strategies, where she assessed the environmental and health impact of developments, whilst ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and industry best practices.

She has a MSc and BA/BSc (Honours) from Queen’s University, Canada and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is currently the director of Quit Tasmania at Cancer Council Tasmania.

Since 2001, Mr. Van Staveren has been the President of Strategic Financial Services, a private company providing business advisory services. During this period, he has provided consulting services to and sat on the Board of several publicly traded companies. He has significant experience in the mining sector and governance and audit processes for Company Boards. Mr. Van Staveren is a CPA in Canada and the USA, and holds a Bachelor of Math (Honours) degree from the University of Waterloo. He was with one of the worlds largest accounting and consulting firms for almost 18 years, the last number as a Partner in the mining services group, where he provided accounting and advisory services to his clients.

Mr. Medeiros has a MSc from the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil and a Project Management MBA from the University of Central Florida.

During a 33-year career, including 24 years with Anglo American he has occupied a variety of process development, research and development and project management roles.

Mr De Castro is a Brazilian geologist with over 34 years of exploration and mining experience for gold, copper, nickel, iron and phosphate in Brazil and Australia. He worked as a Senior Mine and Exploration Geologist for WMC for over 19 years both in Brazil and Australia. More recently he has consulted for several junior mining companies include Polo Resources – Minfer Brazil, Brazilian Gold Corporation and Copper Range Company. Mr. Castro received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Federal do Rio de Janeiro, is a registered geologist with CREA-RJ, the Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Agronomia do Rio de Janeiro, and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Geologist with over 40 years mining and exploration experience including 25 years in Brazil.

Previous COO of ASX listed Crusader Resources and has held Senior Management and Executive positions with WMC, AngloGold Ashanti and Mundo Minerals.