BCom(Accounting), AdvDip (Financial Services)

Daniel is a dynamic business leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in finance, investments, mining, real estate, and sustainable development.

Expertise in strategic growth, operations, and stakeholder engagement across private and ASX listed companies. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Public Accountants (AIPA) and Member of the Australian Institute of CompanyDirectors (MAICD).

B.Eng. (Hons) Chem., MIEAust CPEng, MBA (Finance), MAusIMM

Mr. Walshe has over 15 years of international experience in engineering, operations, technology commercialisation, and project development roles across the minerals, chemicals, and renewable energy sectors. Michael joins Voltaic after a 10 year career at Metso:Outotec where positions included Director and Vice President roles for the Asia Pacific Minerals business, in addition to being a member of the executive management team. His experience covers team leadership, metallurgy, process design, sales, and structuring project finance packages for junior miners via export credit funding. Michael has been involved in several international minerals projects with particular exposure to Asian countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, PNG and South Korea, and has worked across a wide range of commodities including lithium, rare earths, nickel, copper, zinc and gold. Michael holds a Bachelor of Chemical and Process Engineering (Hons.) from University College Dublin, Ireland, and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Australian Institute of Business. He is a chartered engineer with both Engineers Australia & the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM).

Mr Yang has experience across multiple industry sectors and jurisdictions, with a strong background in business development, operational strategy, and stakeholder engagement. He is currently an Executive Director of ASX-listed gold developer Theta Gold Mines Limited and a Non-Executive Director copper-gold explorer Middle Island Resources Limited. Richie has more than 19 years’ experience in corporate finance, working with both public and private companies on business and project development, capital raising, and project financing. He has previously held senior executive and board positions with several ASX-listed resource companies, including serving as CEO and Executive Director of Bligh Resources Limited prior to its successful takeover by Saracen Mineral Holdings (now part of Northern Star Resources, one of Australia’s leading gold producers). Mr Yang holds a Bachelor degree in Business Economics and Finance from the University of New South Wales. He is also Managing Director of Vs Capital Group, a Sydney/Hong Kong-based corporate finance advisory and family office focused on the global mining and resources sector since 2009.

Mr. Chiappini is a professional ASX Director with extensive experience in the capital markets and providing corporate advisory services. For the last 20 years he has been managing his own Consulting Firm offering Corporate Advisory and Company Restructure services including acting as Chairman, Non-Executive Director and other executive services to his mainly ASX listed clients. He has provided advice and services on equity raisings exceeding AUD$1.1bn, debt financing in excess of AUD$650m and assisted his clients with both divestment and acquisition strategies.

Mr Chiappini is a member of the AICD and CA ANZ and is currently Chair of Heavy Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:HRE) and Governance Chair/Non-Executive Director for Black Dragon Gold Inc (ASX:BDG) and Invictus Energy Ltd (ASX:IVZ). He also acts as, Governance Chair, Corporate Advisor for Middle Island Resources (ASX:MDI). Recently he served as the Head of Governance Australia, for Adriatic Metals plc from its IPO in 2018 through to the recent USD$1.3bn takeover by DMP Metals Inc (DPM.TO & ASX:DPM).

BSc Minerals Exploration and Mining Geology, MAusIMM

A highly experienced geologist, Claudio discovered Asra Minerals’ (ASX:ASR) Yttria REE and Critical Minerals deposit and was involved in Northern Minerals’ (ASX:NTU) Browns Range Wolverine HREEs discovery.

His expertise of mineralised systems throughout Australia, Indonesia and Chile covers target generation and systematic ranking, exploration and discovery through to resource drill-out, across a wide range of deposit types incl. REE and Critical Minerals, high-grade narrow vein Au, epithermal Au, structural Cu-Au, base metals, VMS, BHT, and IOCG/ISCG.