Directors
Chairman – Max M. Garling LLB
Max Garling is a Sydney based mining investor and consultant who has been involved with publicly listed mining and exploration companies for over 40 years. He is a large shareholder in MCO and was the key figure in bringing the Morning Star mine asset to the ASX listed company along with Malcolm Bird. Mr. Garling is a trained lawyer who specialises in merging mining properties & listed companies. He has been involved in various mines from vendor stage right through to production, including the A1 Gold Mine in Gaffney’s Creek Victoria (Broken Hill Holdings Ltd) and the Daisy Milano Mine in W.A. (formerly Perilya Ltd, now owned by Silver Lake Resources).
Managing Director / Chief Executive – Nicholas M. Garling
Nicholas Garling (Max’s son) worked in banking and broking for 21 years in areas concerning equity capital raising, asset disposal, structured derivatives and listed markets trading. After studying SAB Law at Sydney University and working in a Sydney legal practice for 4 years, he moved into the financial markets area. He spent 10 years in the 90s/00s in Tokyo, Japan & Hong Kong SAR, China with UBS Warburg & Lehman Brothers where he was Managing Director of Equity Markets Group for UBS and before that, Managing Director of Lehman’s Asia-Pacific Equity business. Mr. Garling is the largest shareholder in Morning Star Gold and works full-time in their Sydney office with regular visits to the mining tenements in and around Woods Point.
Independent Director – Jeffrey W. Williams BSc (Min Engineer) MBA MAusIMM AFAIM
Jeff Williams is a mining engineer with over 22 years experience in underground mining operations. He worked with CRA Limited (now RIO) for 12 years mining silver & zinc in their Broken Hill, NSW mine. He also worked with North Ltd for several years as their Senior Project Engineer. Jeff is currently Managing Director of the ASX listed Mineral Deposits Ltd (ASX: MDL) with extensive gold and mineral sands interests in Senegal, East Africa. Mr. Williams is based in Melbourne Victoria.
Non Executive Director – Malcolm H. Bird
Mal Bird has been a Director of MCO for 22 years since its listing on the ASX as Mount Conqueror Minerals NL. He has 40 years experience in the stockbroking industry with a specialist focus on Australian mining investments. He has extensive knowledge on Australian mineral tenements across several metals. He is also a Director of the ASX listed exploration companies Central West Gold N.L. (ASX: CWG) and Silver Mines Ltd. (ASX: SVL). Malcolm is based in Sydney.
Director - Dr. Peter G. Jackson BSc PhD MAIG
Dr. Jackson has been the Director of Exploration and Geology for Morning Star for over 2 years. He has over 20 years of extensive practical & technical experience in the Woods Point Dyke Swarm. Peter lectured at Melbourne's La Trobe University for many years in Geology and has authored, conducted and read hundreds of economic studies into Eastern Victorian gold mines. MCO recently decided to add more scientific know-how to the board and we are delighted that Peter accepted the Directorship. His appointment is also in recognition of the excellent work he's done in MCO's sampling, surveying and drilling programs to date and his wealth of experience in Morning Star's local and regional geology. Peter lived for many years at Australia's Antarctic post and is based in Melbourne, spending his working weeks in Woods Point at the Morning Star mine site.
