About Us
Critical Resources is equipped with a highly skilled and experienced Board and Management Team.
We focus on unlocking previously unrealised value in our projects through focus, diligence and execution.
Robert Martin
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Robert Martin is a commercial businessman with over 25 years’ experience across a broad range of sectors including, mining, manufacturing, mining services and capital markets. Mr Martin has recently operated a highly successful mining services company which became a leading provider of products and services to the mining industry with offices and operations located globally in key mining hubs.
After 11 years of growth on growth revenue and profitability and expansion into multiple countries Robert’s company was acquired by a prominent Perth business. Robert now runs a family office in Western Australia with a focus on investing and supporting emerging private and public businesses and currently holds the position of Executive Chairman of Publicly Listed Suvo Strategic Minerals Limited (ASX SUV) Non-Executive Director for Parkd Limited (ASX: PKD)
Alex Cheeseman
Non-Executive Director
Mr Alex Cheeseman is a commercially focussed professional with 20+ years’ experience in leadership and management roles across a range of industries. Having held a broad range of project and operational roles, the last 10 years has been focussed on the resources sector, specifically project development, commercial optimisation and marketing across iron ore and lithium commodities. Alex has extensive lithium experience having been intimately involved with project delivery, commissioning and ramp-up to commercial production of the former Altura Pilgangoora operations.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s degree in development and acquisition, both from the University of New South Wales. Alex is currently the Chief Executive Officer of lithium explorer Morella Corporation Limited (ASX: 1MC) and Non-Executive Director of the privately owned, UK based, Green Lithium Refining Limited.
John Markovic
Non-Executive Director
Mr John Markovic has been involved as a successful private property developer and investor for over thirty years. He is currently a managing director of a number of private companies including JGM Property Investments Pty Ltd that have ownership of substantial industrial and commercial properties portfolios in New South Wales.
John holds degrees in both a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce and has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial tech and property start-ups as an early stage investor and advisor throughout his career.
Michael Leu
Non-Executive Director
Michael has 41 years geological experience and has held managerial and Executive Director roles of ASX listed exploration companies. His skills include strategic planning, execution and management of exploration programs worldwide. He has been involved in exploration and mining across a range of mineral commodities within Australia and some Pacific, SE-Asian-Asia and South American countries. He has worked in industry (Freeport, Getty Oil, Sovereign Gold Company, Queensland Ores, and Precious Metal Resources), as a private consultant and for seven years on the academic staff of Macquarie University teaching palaeontology and geology.
Michael joins Critical Resources Limited as Non-Executive Director bringing years of geological experience and looking forward to sourcing new projects in the future.
Harry Spindler
Company Secretary
Mr Spindler is an experienced corporate professional with a broad range of corporate governance and capital markets experience spanning 22 years. Previously he held various company secretary positions and has been involved with several public company listings, merger and acquisitions transactions and capital raisings for ASX-listed companies. Mr Spindler is a member of the institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.