Mining Exploration Company, Investing In Gold, Gold Company

Exporation Team

Mr Darren Holden - BSc Hons, MAusIMM  
Managing Director

Mr Holden is a geologist with 15 years experience in mining and exploration. He is a graduate of the University of Otago (NZ) and The University of Western Australia and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Mr Holden has previously held the role of Senior Consultant at Fractal Geoscience and was involved in modeling and targeting on a wide range of deposit styles. Mr Holden was a leading member of the team that won the GoldCorp Challenge in 2001. Mr Holden also held the role of Chief Operating Officer of Geoinformatics Exploration Inc for the period of 2001 to 2009. Geoinformatics was a Canadian corporation that successfully delineated several new discoveries including a multimillion ounce gold-copper project in Alaska and other base and precious metal discoveries in British Columbia, Nevada and Mexico.

Mr Holden recently returned to Perth to take up the position of Managing Director at ABM Resources NL.

Luke A. Forti – BSc, Pg.D.
Project Geologist

Mr Forti is a qualified geologist with six years experience in the mining and mineral processing industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Earth science) from Deakin University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Science (Geoscience) from Monash University.

Mr Forti has a wide range of exposure to Gold, Nickel, Lead, Zinc, Copper, and Iron Ore in operational roles ranging from mine geology, structural geology, and minerals exploration within some of the nation’s largest and most complex economic deposits.

Patrick Smillie – BSc
Project Geologist

With eight years experience in the mineral exploration industry, Mr. Smillie has worked extensively on Diamond, Uranium, Coal, and Gold exploration projects for both junior exploration and major mining companies in Canada, the United States, and Australia.  With a background in Economics, he also has worked in resource estimation and valuation.  Mr. Smillie holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) – Geology, and a Bachelor of Arts – Economics from Queen’s University.

Mr Alwin van Roij – BSc, MSc
Project Geologist

Mr van Roij has over four years experience in the gold exploration and mining industry. Over the last three years Alwin has been  working  in the underexplored terrain in the Tanami region in Australia, with his expertise being in narrow - high grade systems. Mr van Roij holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Master of Science in Earth Resources and Structural Geology from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Rebecca Erin Richards – BSC, MSc, GSNZ
Graduate Geologist

Ms Richards has recently completed her studies at the University of Waikato holding a BSc Earth and Ocean Sciences and an MSc Earth Sciences. Ms Richards is also a Golden Key Society member and member of AusIMM. Her broad range of academic knowledge and enthusiasm are a welcomed addition to the ABM geology team.

Berdine Mastaglia – BSc
Manager GIS

Ms Mastaglia is a qualified Cartographer providing GIS and Cartographic support to the exploration team. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Cartography) from Curtin University.