Board and Management

Mr Broomham is a geologist with over 12 years industry experience, including over 10 years in the battery metals sector, specifically in lithium and manganese. Prior to joining Battery Age Minerals, Mr Broomham held leadership roles with ASX-50 lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) in exploration, resource development and mining production.  As Head of Geology at Pilgangoora, he was extensively involved in the exploration and development of the world-class Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and was tasked with leading the geology team from exploration through to production.  Mr Broomham has also held several other leadership roles at Pilgangoora, including Mining Manager, lead of the Direct Shipping Ore development project and Production Superintendent. Earlier in his career, he has also worked at Mineral Resources Limited, Consolidated Minerals Manganese, Hancock Prospecting (Roy Hill) and Golder Associates.

Mr Hughes is an experienced finance & accounting professional with a demonstrated track record of success in financial leadership and strategic decision making. With experience across a range of sectors including the last 12 years within ASX listed mining environment, Mr Hughes has consistently delivered exception results, driving financial performance and operational excellence.

Prior to joining Battery Age, Mr Hughes held multiple finance positions within Pilbara Minerals, most recently overseeing the Corporate, Planning & Investment function.  In this role, he was responsible for delivering integrated mine, financial, and business planning encompassing vital aspects such as life-of-mine modelling, expansion plans, capital, funding, and financing strategies, which recently delivered final investment decisions for the expansion projects at the Pilgangoora mine site.

Mr Hughes has also held senior finance positions at Orica (Mining Explosives), Downer Mining (Mining Contractor) and early career experience in the finance and banking sectors. Mr Hughes holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance and is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).

Mr Spindler is an experienced corporate professional with a broad range of corporate governance and capital markets experience. Over the past 20 years’, Mr Spindler has held various company secretary positions across a diverse range of ASX-listed companies and been involved with several public company listings, merger and acquisition transactions and capital raisings.

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. Since 2010, Mr Spindler has worked for corporate advisory firms and has advised a number of clients across a range of industries. Prior to this, Mr Spindler had a career in corporate recovery and restructuring at KPMG.

Mr Mitchell is an exploration geologist with over twenty years industry experience and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria, Canada. He played a key role in the supervision and executive of the Phase II drilling at Falcon East extension with a view to provide integral guidance and technical support to both the Falcon Lake Lithium project and to the Bleiberg Germanium project.

Prior to working with Battery Age, Mr. Mitchell worked with several highly successful junior miners and contracting companies, including Fronteer Gold, and Cantex Mine Development Corp, and as a senior consultant to both junior exploration and mid-tier mining companies.

Battery Age Minerals is pleased to strategically partner with Coast Mountain Geological Ltd. (CMG) that have been delivering premium international geological services since 1987. CMG’s teams have been deeply involved with developing and delivering exploration and project management solutions for Rare-metal LCT pegmatite and lithium brine projects in Canada, Ireland and Argentina for more than 13 years.