Board and Management
Stephen Dennis
Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed 3 March 2016
Stephen Dennis has been actively involved in the mining industry for over 30 years. He has held senior management positions at MIM Holdings Limited, Minara Resources Limited and Brambles Australia Limited. Mr Dennis was previously the chief executive officer and managing director of CBH Resources Limited, the Australian subsidiary of Toho Zinc Co., Ltd of Japan. Mr Dennis is also currently the Chairman (Non-Executive) of Marvel Gold, Heron Resources Limited, Rox Resources Limited and EHR Resources Limited.
Chris van Wijk
Executive Director and Exploration Manager
Appointed 17 June 2020
Mr. Van Wijk is an experienced geologist, who specialises in project evaluation and project generation. Chris brings to his role in Marvel a wealth of relevant experience including base metal and gold exploration in Africa, Europe, the Americas and Australia as well as joint venture management and project evaluation for major mining companies including BHP, IAMGOLD, First Quantum Minerals and Fortescue Metals Group. Chris has managed various successful exploration projects including the Scoping Study at Mont Nimba in Guinea for BHP Billiton and the resource drilling at First Quantum’s Sentinel Project in Zambia.
Chris has a Master of Science in Ore Deposit Geology from the University of Western Australia and is a member of the AUSIMM.
Andrew Pardey
Non-Executive Director
Appointed 17 June 2020
Mr. Pardey has over 30 years in the mining industry with experience in exploration, project development, construction and operations. Between February 2015 and December 2019, he was Chief Executive Officer of Centamin Plc which holds the Tier 1 Sukari Gold Mine. Andrew also served as General Manager Operations at Sukari before his previous appointment as Chief Operating Officer in May 2012. He was a major driving force in bringing Sukari into production, having joined during the mine’s construction phase, and was instrumental in the successful transition of the operation through construction and into production.
Andrew holds a BSc in Geology and has also previously held senior positions in Africa, Australia and other parts of the world including Guinor Gold Corporation and Ashanti Goldfields, now AngloGold Ashanti.
Phil Hoskins
Managing Director
Appointed 21 January 2016
Mr Hoskins commenced his career at a large international accounting firm and has since gained corporate experience with both Australian and international listed companies. He is a senior executive with 14 years of broad finance and commercial experience across resources exploration, project development and production as well as large-scale property developments requiring debt and equity financing. He was appointed as IMX’s Managing Director in October 2015 after being Chief Executive Officer since September 2014, before which he spent almost three years as IMX’s Chief Financial Officer.
Chris Knee
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed 21 January 2016
Chris has over 10 years’ experience working as a Chartered Accountant in senior finance roles. He commenced his career with a large multi-national accounting firm working both in Australia and the United States, in consulting, audit, corporate finance and technical roles. His most recent role was as the Chief Financial Officer of Manas Resources Limited.
Stuart McKenzie
Commercial Manager and Company Secretary
Appointed 21 January 2016
Stuart has over 25 years of experience in senior commercial roles. He was previously Company Secretary with Anvil Mining Limited for six years, prior to which he held senior positions with Ok Tedi Mining Limited, Ernst and Young and HSBC.