Luke Tonkin was appointed as Managing Director of on 25 October 2005. He has extensive experience in the resource industry traversing multi-commodities of gold, nickel, tantalum, tin and lithium. He has held general management roles within some of Australia's largest operations namely WMC's Kambalda Nickel Operations, St Ives Gold Operations and LeinsterNickel Operations. Mr Tonkin's most recent role was Chief Executive Officer of Sons of Gwalia, assisting administrators restructure the Company. Mr Tonkin has a proven track record of implementing large-scale investment, divestment, transition and integration plans.