Directors
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Chairman
Graham Riley
B Jur, LLB
Graham started his career as a lawyer having joined the commercial law firm of Downing & Downing in 1976 and was admitted as a partner the following year. After 10 years of legal practice he resigned to pursue his growing interests in the resources and exploration sector. Graham has been responsible for the foundation and growth of a number of petroleum and mining companies, including as a founding Non-Executive Director of ARC Energy and Adelphi Energy. Graham was Chairman of Giralia Resources, a diversified mining and exploration company which has been responsible for the spin-off of five independently listed commodity-specific explorers from the extensive project book it built over recent years, until its acquisition by Atlas Iron in early 2011. He is currently the Chairman of Gascoyne Resources Limited, Non-Executive Director of Target Energy Limited, Non-Executive Chairman of Entek Energy Limited and was previously Chairman of Red Hill Iron. Graham holds private petroleum interests in the US and has had a prior association with petroleum exploration in the Canning Superbasin.
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Executive Director
Eric Streitberg
BSc (App Geoph), FAusIMM, FAICD
Eric has over 38 years’ experience in petroleum geology and geophysics and the management of petroleum exploration and production companies. He was Managing Director of ARC Energy for 10 years and CEO and Managing Director of Discovery Petroleum NL for 7 years (both ASX listed companies he founded and developed into significant oil and gas production companies prior to their acquisition by AWE Limited and Premier Oil respectively). He was also a founding Non-Executive Director of Adelphi Energy Ltd, an early participant in the Eagle Ford unconventional gas and oil play in Texas. He has previously worked in South America, Canada, Libya, the UK, the US and Australia with BP and Occidental Petroleum in a variety of technical and managerial roles. Eric is currently the Chair of APPEA Council, Australia's peak oil and gas representative body and of the Western Australian Marine Parks & Reserves Authority. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia. He is also a member and Certified Petroleum Geologist of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and a former member and Vice Chairman of the APPEA Council and Chair of the APPEA Exploration Committee.
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Non-Executive Director
Hon. Peter Jones A.M.
Peter has over 30 years involvement in the Western Australian resources sector across both business and government. During his time as a member of the Western Australian Parliament, from 1974 to 1986, Peter held several senior ministerial portfolios including serving as Minister for Resources Development, Mines, Fuel and Energy.
Since leaving Parliament, Peter has been actively involved in business serving as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of a number of listed companies, including as founding Chairman of ARC Energy. Peter has also been involved in various government bodies, including holding the role of Chairman of both the Australian Defence Housing Authority and the Water Corporation of Western Australia.