About Us
Management Team
Rob Scargill - Executive Vice President, Operations
Rob has worked in senior management and technical positions at international mining companies during a career spanning more than 20 years. A mining engineer with extensive experience in mine management, mine operations and development, he held senior mining engineering positions at BHP’s Cannington Mine. Following that, he was responsible for underground operations at Gympie Eldorado Gold Mines where he later was appointed Chief Executive/General Manager. Later, he became General Manager of Perilya Ltd’s Broken Hill Operations, then Managing Director of Copper Range Ltd., both ASX listed companies. Most recently he was Country Manager at Australian Solomons Gold Ltd responsible for all the Company’s activities in the Solomon Islands including the start up of the Gold Ridge Mine, project management and relationship building with local landowners and government.
Rob received a Bachelor of Mining Engineering honours degree from Nottingham University, United Kingdom, in 1988.
Bruce Hooper - Vice President, Corporate Development and Exploration
Bruce Hooper has 30 years of experience, including managing many successful exploration programs and taking initial exploration prospects through evaluation then into production. He is an Honours Graduate from the University of Leeds, UK in Geological Sciences. He began working in the petroleum industry for BP in the North Sea, before moving to Australia and joining Rio Tinto and North Ltd. Bruce lead the discovery of the E48 deposit at Northparkes. He was in Chile and Indonesia for the expansion of North Ltd, and in South America and Asia he explored for a variety of commodities. Bruce worked with Straits Resources during its expansion and prior to joining the company he was employed by Perilya Ltd as GM Exploration.
Dr. John Yeates - Vice President – Corporate Social Responsibility
Dr. John Yeates has more than 35 years of experience in environmental management across a wide range of industries within Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining the company, he was a Senior Executive at LandCorp, the Western Australian Government's land and property developer. In this role John provided corporate leadership and managed environmental risk assessment, compliance and management for all LandCorp's projects. He also led the development and implementation of environmental due diligence and risk management procedures and programs.
Doug Grimmond - General Manager, Operations
Doug is a Chemical Engineer who has extensive experience with Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcan Gove Pty Limited. Doug has over 10 years of general management experience including mining, mineral processing and rail operations. Doug holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.
Ben-Louis Ludik - Finance Manager
Ben-Louis Ludik is a Chartered Accountant with auditing and corporate experience in South Africa and Australia. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Ben-Louis’s roles included the positions of Senior Auditor with an Australian auditing firm and Lecturer in Accounting Information Systems with the University of Stellenbosch. He holds a Masters degree in Financial Accounting.
Julian Hayes - Processing Manager
Julian Hayes is a professional metallurgist with extensive operational experience in international projects. Prior to joining Magellan, Julian's experience included Process Manager at the Chatree Gold Mine (Kingsgate Consolidated) and Mill Manager at the Bronzewing and Jundee operations for Newmont Mining. Most recently, Julian provided consulting and contract metallurgy services through his company, Mineral Processing Expertise Pty Ltd. Julian holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mineral Process Engineering and a Master of Science in Mining and Mineral Technology.
Kane Blackman - OHS & E Manager
Kane Blackman has extensive environmental management experience in the mining and oil and gas industries. Prior to joining Magellan in 2007, Kane’s roles included consultancy positions with Enesar and Coffey Natural Systems, where he worked on a number of mining and oil and gas projects in Australia and overseas. As a consultant, Kane was a key member of the team that worked with Magellan management to develop the new sealed shipment process for lead carbonate concentrate. Kane was also the acting General Manager - Operations during the successful restart of the Magellan Lead Mine. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Diploma of Modern Languages (French) from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Australia.
Jason Thomas - Contracts and Logistics Manager
Jason Thomas has previously held senior management roles in sales, marketing and logistics with Sun Metals Corporation and more recently Barrick (Osborne). He has a wide range of experience in the import and export of bulk materials, finished metal, by-products and sulphuric acid. Jason holds and Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Material Science and a Masters in Technology Management.
David Wilkie - Mining Manager
David joined us as Mining Manager in 2009 and brings a wealth of mining experience across a range of commodities, predominantly in gold and in both open pit and underground. David has a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from Colorado School of Mines, a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency. He is a member of Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has held Management roles at St Barbra Mines, Tanami Gold NL, Croesus Norseman operations and also worked in various Management roles for MacMahon, Henry Walker Eltin, Thiess, Barminco mining contractors.
