Directors & Management
The Mindax Board provides a diversity of experience
and qualifications covering all areas of operations, targeted to optimise
growth.
Mindax’s Board brings together a formidable array
of geological, computational, legal, business and entrepreneurial
qualifications and understanding that are not enjoyed by many other exploration
and mining companies.
Every area in which the company operates is
serviced very effectively by the knowledge, qualifications and skills of the Board.
Benjamin Chow AO BE
Executive Chairman
Executive Chair (appointed 4 February 2021), member of audit
committee and member of the remuneration and nomination committee. He first joined the board in October 2009.
Mr Chow is a distinguished Australian citizen who was born
and educated in China, before emigrating to Australia in 1962. He has a
business background in engineering, property development and leadership in the
Chinese and Australian financial sectors.
He chaired the Council for Multicultural Australia which assists the
Australian Government in implementing its multicultural policies. He has
previously served as President of Australian Chinese Community Association of
NSW, President of Chinese Australian Forum of NSW and Vice-president of the
Ethnic Communities Council of NSW. He is a past member of the Council of
National Museum of Australia, a member of the Bond University Council,
President of Sydney University Nerve Research Foundation, a Trustee and current
Chairman of Australian Chinese Charity Foundation and a Director of Chain
Reaction Foundation Ltd.
Mr Chow was also a Director of
Invocare Limited, an ASX-listed company.
Qinglong Zeng
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director (appointed 19 June 2019), Chair of
audit committee, member of remuneration and nomination committee.
Mr Zeng is an Australian citizen who was born in China and
has a background in construction and property development businesses both in
China and Australia.
Mr Zeng has not held any other public company directorships
in the last three years.
Biaozhun Zhu
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director (appointed 8 April 2020), Chair of
remuneration and nomination committee, member of audit committee.
Biaozhun has more than 15 years’ experience
in the hospitality industry, where he has owned and operated several successful
businesses in Australia and China.
Mr Zhu has not held any other public company
directorships in the last three years.
Dennis Wilkins B.Bus, MAICD, ACIS
Company Secretary
Mr Wilkins is the founder and principal of DWCorporate Pty
Ltd, a leading privately held corporate advisory firm servicing the natural
resources industry. Since 1994 he has been a director of, and involved in the
executive management of, several publicly listed resource companies with
operations in Australia, PNG, Scandinavia and Africa. From 1995 to 2001 he was
the Finance Director of Lynas Corporation Ltd during the period when the Mt
Weld Rare Earths project was acquired by the group. He was also founding
director and advisor to Atlas Iron Limited at the time of Atlas’ initial public
offering in 2006.
Since July 2001 Mr Wilkins has been running DWCorporate
where he advises on the formation of, and capital raising for, emerging
companies in the Australian resources sector. Mr Wilkins is currently a
non-executive director of Key Petroleum Ltd since 5 July 2006.
Within the last three years Mr Wilkins is a former alternate
director of Middle Island Resources Ltd (appointed 1 May 2010, resigned 31
January 2021).