Management Team
Barry Eldridge (Chairman)
Mr Eldridge brings to Millennium a wealth of mining experience gathered over 37 years as a geologist and mining engineer in the mining industry both in Australia and overseas. He moved to Western Australia in 1988 following a 20 year career in the coal industry in Queensland and New South Wales. Some of his roles have included Project Manager for the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, Project Manager of the Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, Managing Director of Forrestania Gold NL, Project Director for the West Angelas Iron Ore development, Director - Major Projects for North Ltd, Managing Director of Griffin Coal Pty Ltd and, most recently, Managing Director and CEO of Portman Ltd.
He is also a director of the largest iron ore company in North America, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, and is the Chairman of SNC-Lavalin Australia Pty Ltd, a Canadian engineering and construction company, Vulcan Resources Limited and a Non-Executive Chairman of Mundo Minerals Limited.
Andrew Law (Managing Director)
Mr Law has over 24 years experience in the mining industry in Australia and Africa. He holds a Diploma in Mine Engineering (Witwatersrand) and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Australia. He is a Fellow of the AusIMM, a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying - Australia and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. His extensive technical and management experience covers deep level underground mining environments, large open pit environments and large mineral sands dredging environments.
Mr Law has also gained executive management experience at both the senior operations level and the corporate level with companies such as, Plutonic Resources, Placer Dome, Legend Mining and more recently, Moly Mines Limited. Mr Law's experience at Moly Mines Limited in particular will be beneficial in developing the Millenium Project.
Michael Grigson (Exploration Director)
Dr Grigson has over 25 years experience in the mining industry, and gained his PhD from the University of WA through the study of regional and mine-scale structural controls on gold mineralisation. He has been involved with and supervised a number of successful, large-scale exploration and development projects in WA, and has extensive experience at the generative and grass roots stages of gold and base metal exploration in Archaean and Proterozoic terranes.
Clive Donner (Non Executive Director)
Mr Donner has substantial skills in fundraising and project financing spanning over 25 years. He was previously the project finance head and Director responsible for Rothschild Australia's project finance mining business in Western Australia before spending almost a decade in venture capital and equities in the resources sector. Mr Donner is the Managing Director of LinQ Resources Fund, a mining and resources fund specialising in small cap resources.
Ross Gillon (Non Executive Director)
Mr Gillon is a solicitor in Perth and has previously been a director of a number of exploration companies.
Mark Freeman (Company Secretary)
Mr Freeman is a Chartered Accountant and has more than 11 years' experience in corporate finance and the resources industry. He has experience in strategic planning, business development, acquisitions and mergers, project development and general management. Previous and current corporate experience includes companies such as Liberty Resources NL, Mirabela Nickel Ltd, Albidon Ltd and Sally Malay Mining Ltd. In addition, Mr Freeman is a graduate of the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Banking & Finance and Accounting as well as holding a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance with a major in Investment Analysis from the Securities Institute of Australia.