Board and Management

As co-founder of Kalamazoo, Luke Reinehr was the Company’s Managing Director from January 2013 to July 2016 and is currently the CEO and Chairman of Kalamazoo.Working across all levels of management over a period of more than 25 years, he has extensive partnership, Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman experience with resources and technology companies in Australia and abroad.He holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Monash University.

Graeme Sloan is a qualified Mining Engineer with over 35 years’ experience as a Managing Director/CEO, Non-Executive Director, Chairman and Member of Audit, Risk and Sustainability Committee’s and General Manager of Operations.He has held roles in corporate affairs, operational management, technical and project development and has worked in Australia, North and South America holding senior technical roles for ASX, TSX and AIM listed companies.He has also worked in most commodities and is currently Chairman/Acting CEO of TSX listed gold explorer Golden Horse Minerals (formerly Altan Rio)

Simon Coyle has 20 years’ industry experience and graduated from the Western Australian School of Mines.He held several senior operational management positions in a range of commodities including gold, iron ore, manganese and lithium.More recently he held the position of General Manager Operations for Pilbara Minerals hard rock lithium operation, Pilgangoora. He successfully led the development and expansion of the operation to become one of the worlds leading producers of spodumene concentrate.

Paul Adams has over 20 years’ experience in the mining industry in exploration, open pit, underground operational roles both in Australia and overseas. He has over 10 years’ experience as the Head of Equities Research at a well-known Perth stockbroking company, specialising in small to mid-cap resource companies.He currently sits on the Board of ASX-listed companies Kalamazoo Resources and Meeka Metals, having previously held the position of Managing Director of Spectrum Metals Ltd.Paul Adams holds a Geology Degree (Honors) from Derbyshire University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australia.

John Leddy serves as Senior Advisor, Legal and Strategic Matters at Karora.He also provides strategic advice to, and has made seed capital investments in, other public and private companies operating in the battery metals, carbon reduction, plant-based foods, vertical farming and high-density infill property development sectors.John Leddy has over 20 years’ experience as a business lawyer and in private equity, specializing in M&A, capital raising and structuring, and other strategic transactions. He is a former Partner in the Business Law Group (M&A) at Osler, a leading Canadian corporate law firm. John Leddy is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Ms Morton is a Chartered Accountant who holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Commerce in Accounting and Finance, specialises in financial management, financial reporting and risk compliance and management. She has served as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for a number of ASX listed and unlisted public companies. Prior to her current role, she has spent twelve years as senior audit manager at one of the leading international Audit, Tax & Advisory firms where she was focused on engagements across the mining, technology and manufacturing sectors. Her experience includes expertise in matters of corporate governance and compliance support, as well as managing and executing corporate transactions including assets acquisitions and disposal, capital raisings, IPOs, and ASX listings.

Nick Madders has been the General Counsel of a large mining services company since early 2021 and has also held the role of company secretary there since early 2022.He has also recently been appointed as Company Secretary of TSX-listed gold exploration company Golden Horse Minerals (formerly Altan Rio). Nick Madders has extensive experience in M&A and corporate compliance, having spent 5 years working at Gilbert + Tobin in one of Australia’s top tier transactions teams.Since entering the mining industry in early 2021, Nick Madders has successfully led and completed transactions in the gold, lithium and base metals markets.

Mr Peterson has more than 16 years’ Geological and industry experience, including in the development of Lithium projects in Australia. In his previous role as GM Geology for Global Lithium (ASX: GL1) Stuart was instrumental in driving the success of the Manna Lithium Deposit. Throughout his career, Mr Peterson has led the development and execution of exploration programs at projects across Australia and has demonstrated expertise in asset valuation and value adding through targeted field operations working across both Australian and international project portfolios with a number of entities including Nimy Resources (ASX: NIM), Neometals Limited (ASX: NMT) and Lithium Power International Limited (ASX: LPI).. Mr Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science (specialising in Structural Geology) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.