John Ashley
(B.Sc.Hons.,M.Sc., FAIMM, MSEG, MASEG, MAIG) - Executive Director

John is a former director of Southern Geoscience Consultants Pty Ltd (SGC), which he established in 1985, and is a former director of Aerodata Holdings Ltd and Conquest Mines NL (unlisted). John has over four decades of experience as a geophysicist in the exploration industry with government agencies, exploration companies, and consulting companies and has worked in many countries. He has had significant involvement in discoveries of uranium (El Sherana West), copper/lead/zinc (Prieska), gold (Red October, Ulysses). As a co-founder he now works solely for AusQuest.

Greg Hancock
(BA Econs, BEd Hons,ASIA) - Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Hancock (54) is an Executive Director of Cooper Energy Limited, a listed oil / gas exploration and production company.  He has been a Non-Executive Director of Ausquest since it's listing in 2003.  He is an immediate past member of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) of the Federal Government and has been a Director of Cooper Energy Limited since 2000.

Chris Ellis
(BSc Hons) - Non-Executive Director

Chris has over 30 years experience in the exploration and mining industry in Australia and overseas. Prior to joining Ausquest Chris was an Executive Director (Project Development) of the highly successful coal mining company Excel Coal Limited. Chris and three colleagues founded the company in 1993 and developed it into Australia's largest independent coal mining company, now producing 12 mtpa of coal sales from 5 mines. Excel, an ASX 200 company with a market capitalisation of over $2 Billion, was taken over by Peabody Energy Inc. in October 2006. Chris commenced his career in the UK coal industry, followed by positions within Shell's exploration group in Southern Africa, and CRAE in Western Australia. He has also held senior positions for BP Coal (London and USA), Agipcoal Australia and for the Stratford Joint Venture. Chris has core skills in geology, mining engineering and minerals processing, mainly in the coal industry with some experience in gold, base metals and diamonds. He has had overall responsibity for the design and engineering of four new mines during his career with Excel.    

Craig Moulton
(BSc Hons) - Non-Executive Director

Craig holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) with Honours from the University of Western Australia and has over 18 years experience in the mining industry in Australia and overseas. He is currently General Manager Exploration Asia Pacific for Cliffs Natural Resources. Prior to Cliffs, Craig held senior mining development and exploration roles in Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Fujitsu Australia and Rio Tinto Copper Projects.