Mr Bauk is an experienced resource sector director and executive with over 15 years’ experience as a listed company director in Australia with the resources industry in both production and exploration with assets in Western Australia, Australia and internationally. Mr Bauk has held global operational and corporate roles with Northern Minerals, WMC Resources and Western Metals. Mr Bauk has a strong background in strategic management, business planning, building teams, finance and capital/debt raising (over $400m), and experience with a variety of commodities in particular critical minerals including rare earths, uranium, lithium, graphite, copper, nickel and precious metals. Mr Bauk has overseen a number of uranium exploration projects in the US, Canada, Tanzania and Western Australia, partnering with Areva in Western Australia whilst being Managing Director of Northern Uranium (prior to transitioning to Northern Minerals). In 2006, Mr Bauk was focussed on the southern Tanzanian region which was the region which was known for the successful Mkuju River discovery by Mantra Resources. During his time as managing director of Northern Minerals for a decade, he led its rapid development from a Greenfields heavy rare earth explorer to one of a few global producers of high value dysprosium outside of China.