Mr. Karageorge is a highly experienced senior executive and public companies’ director, serving on multiple ASX and TSX companies’ boards since 2011 as both CEO and Managing Director.
He brings more than 30 years of professional experience in the mining, engineering and exploration sectors in a variety of commodities such as rare earths elements, gold and base metals. Mr. Karageorge was one of the founding shareholders and geologist for Pilbara Minerals Limited at the Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum Project.
He led the discovery, exploration, maiden drilling programs and the definitive feasibility study and was jointly responsible for the start-up of the Pilgangoora Mining Operation. Mr. Karageorge’s previous roles have included serving as CEO and Managing Director of MinRex Resources Ltd, where he successfully explored lithium and rare earth projects in Western Australia.
Prior to joining the MinRex Board, he was CEO and Managing Director at Argent Minerals, an ASX listed company, specializing in exploration and discovery of precious and base metals deposits in Australia. Mr. Karageorge also served as the CEO Blue Bird Battery Metals, a TSX-listed company.
Mr Karageorge is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), is a geologist with sufficient relevant experience in relation to rare earth and rare metals. He is qualified as a competent Person as defined in the Australian Code for Reporting of Identified Mineral resources and Ore reserves (JORC Code 2012).