Board and Management

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Mr Raymond Shorrocks

Non-Executive Chairman

BA (Hons), MBA (Finance)

Appointed: 7 August 2020

Mr Shorrocks has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate finance in the mining sector and has advised a diverse range of resources companies during his career at one of Australia’s largest investment banking and stockbroking/financial services firms.

He has been instrumental in managing and structuring equity capital raisings as well as having advised extensively in the area of mergers and acquisitions.

Mr Shorrocks has worked on mines in South America, Africa, Australia, and North America.

Mr Shorrocks was the founding Executive Chairman of Bellevue Gold Ltd. He is currently Executive Chairman of Galilee Energy Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Andean Silver Ltd, Cygnus Metals Ltd, and Hydrocarbon Dynamics Ltd.

Mr Didier Murcia

Non-Executive Director

LLB, Bjuris

Appointed: 30 May 2012

Mr Murcia holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia and has 35 years legal and corporate expertise in resources sector. 

Mr Murcia is the Chair of Centaurus Metals Limited, Chair of Switch Metals PLC, Chair of Perth law firm MPH Lawyers and the Honorary Consul for the United Republic of Tanzania.

In 2014, Mr Murcia was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his significant service to the international community.

Mr Russell Curtin

Non-Executive Director

BBus, CA

Appointed: 21 June 2024

Russell Curtin has joined the Board of Alicanto as a Non Executive Director.

Mr Curtin, a former Partner at Ernst & Young, brings over 30 years of experience of energy, resources & assurance. He held leadership roles in energy, resources and climate change with responsibility for EY strategic direction and capability. He served EY major clients, such as Woodside and Santos, along with various multinational public and private companies, bringing a deep understanding of corporate finance, governance, control, and the importance of confidence capital markets. Russell is a member of the Financial Advisory Committee of the Board of Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of the Polly Farmer Foundation

His extensive experience makes him a valuable addition to the Alicanto Board

Duncan Grieve

Non-Executive Director

BSc Geology (Hons) MSc Mining Geology

Appointed: 21 June 2024

Mr Grieve is a seasoned geologist with a track record of successful discoveries. 

He was part of the discovery and Resource drill out at the Bellevue Gold Project and has substantial project generation experience in gold, lithium, and base metals exploration across Africa, Australia, Europe and North America. 

Prior to that he worked with Barrick Gold at the Loulo Gold Mine in West Africa.

Mr Jeff Sansom

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed: 2 February 2026

Jeff Sansom is a mining executive with more than 15 years’ experience across the resources sector, spanning project development, capital allocation, strategy, ESG, and capital markets.

Prior to joining Alicanto Minerals, Jeff was Head of Investor Relations and External Affairs at Regis Resources, a major ASX-listed gold producer, where he was a member of the executive team and worked closely with the Board and CEO on strategy, growth priorities, and market engagement during a period of strong operational delivery.

Jeff has also held senior roles with Perenti Group, BHP, OceanaGold, and MOD Resources, contributing to major project evaluation, portfolio strategy, M&A support, and ESG integration. He began his career as an environmental scientist, giving him a strong grounding in operational risk, regulation, and safe, responsible mining.

Mr Ben Palich

Executive General Manager - Growth and Development

BSc Geology
(Hons)

Ben Palich is an experienced geologist with 30 years of commercial, technical, and financial experience in the global resources sector.  

Most recently he spent 12 years at Macquarie Bank as Division Director in Mining Finance. His earlier career included work as an analyst, a resource consultant and as a geologist.

Ms Susan Field

Chief Financial Officer

BBus, CA

Appointed: 21 June 2024.

Ms Field is a Chartered Accountant with over 27 years’ experience in the corporate sector and in public practice.

She has worked in several financial management roles in both the public and private sector.

Prior to entering public practice, Sue also spent over 11 years in the financial services and retail banking industry where she held various positions in several operational management roles.

Ms Maddison Cramer

Company Secretary

BA LLB

Appointed: 1 November 2022

Maddison Cramer is a co-founder and managing director of boutique corporate services business Belltree Corporate and has over 10 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and company secretary to ASX-listed companies.

Ms Cramer is a corporate lawyer and currently a company secretary of a number of ASX-listed mining and resources companies, including Andean Silver Ltd (ASX:ASL), Cygnus Metals Ltd (ASX:CY5) and Midas Minerals Ltd (ASX:MM1).

She is a former company secretary of ASX300 company Bellevue Gold Limited and prior to this was an associate at Bellanhouse Legal and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.

Mr Erik Lundstam

Chief Geologist

MSc Geology

Appointed: 7 August 2020

Erik has over 25 years experience in greenfield, brownfield and mine production geology from a technical to a managing level.

His key focus has been on orogenic gold, porphyry copper-gold, VHMS, IOCG, skarn-limestone hosted Cu-Au-Zn-Pb-Ag and sedex-type deposits.

He is credited with six major discoveries in Sweden, including the discovery of the Garpenberg Extension which has significantly extended the life of that mine.