Chairman
B Com, ICAA, SAICA, FAICD
Mr Murray is a Non-Executive Director with Black Rock Mining Limited and has over 20 years’ corporate experience in the publicly listed resources sector. Between 1997 and 2005, he held positions including CFO and CEO with DRDGold Ltd. Mr Murray oversaw DRDGold’s major acquisitions, restructures and stock exchange listings. During this time, Mr Murray also served on the board of South African gold refinery Rand Refinery Limited and the internet-based commodity investment platform GoldMoney.com. He has also held senior management positions for companies such as KPMG, Price Waterhouse, and Bioclones.
More recently, as CEO, he successfully delivered Gold Road Resources Gruyere Project.
Mr Murray graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) in 1987 from the University of Cape Town and is a member of both the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
John de Vries
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
B Eng (Mining), M Sc (Mineral Economics), Grad Dip (Economic Geology), Grad Dip (Financial Markets)
Mr de Vries is the Managing Director and CEO of Black Rock Mining Limited and has over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry. He started his career in 1984 working for WMC Resources and held operational roles such as Underground Manager, Senior Mining Engineer and Manager Mining. In 1998, he moved to AMC Consultants to become a Principal Mining Engineer responsible for Mine Optimisation. In 2003, he joined Orica Mining Services as Global Business Manager, Advanced Mining Solutions before moving to BHP Billiton in 2007 as Manager Strategic Mine Planning.
Most recently from 2011 to 2015, he was General Manager Technical Services for St Barbara. After his success with St Barbara, Mr de Vries took an 18-month sabbatical before joining Black Rock Mining Limited.
Mr de Vries holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Mining, a Masters of Science in Mineral Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Economic Geology, a Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets and is Advisory Committee Member-Mining of MRIWA. Mr. de Vries holds a WA First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency. He is a member of the AusIMM, a fellow of FINSIA and a member of SME.
Asa Mwaipopo
Non-Executive Director
B.Sc. (Mining Eng.), FIET, CDir (IoDT)
Mr Mwaipopo is a Tanzanian citizen and mining executive with over 30 years’ experience in technical roles, mining operations and management. Previously served in government as Mines Inspector before joining private sector. He held senior roles with Anglo-Gold Ashanti, Mantra Tanzania, African Barrick Gold (ABG) and Acacia. Mr Mwaipopo now works as an independent consulting engineer, focusing on mining projects, operations improvement, minerals policy and industry analysis.
Mr Mwaipopo holds an MSc in Mining Engineering from Camborne School of Mines, UK, and a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Zambia. He is a registered Independent Consulting Engineer (Engineers Registration Board Tanzania), is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Tanzania (FIET), a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and a Certified Director (Member) of the Institute of Directors Tanzania (IoDT).
Government Appointments
The Government of Tanzania, is permitted to appoint two nominee directors, as agreed in the Framework Agreement. The office of the Treasury Registrar has nominated the following:
Ted Silkiluwasha
Non-Executive Director
B com, UDSM CPA (T), PGTM, MST NIU USA
Mr Silkiluwasha has worked in the Tanzania Revenue Authority for over 25 years; currently as Deputy Commissioner Technical Services at the Domestic Revenue Department. Previously Mr Silkiluwasha was the Head of Operations in the Investigations Department and also served as the Deputy Commissioner (Operations) in the Department of Tax Investigation.
Mr Silkiluwasha has been actively involved in a number of technical teams including Taxation of Extractives Incorporating Mining, Oil & Gas, and is currently a member of the Special Presidential Negotiation Team. He has been a member of the Cross Boarder Taxation Technical Committee (CBT) of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) since 2014 working in the formulation of Transfer Pricing Guidelines under Working Part 6 of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Mr Silkiluwasha holds a Master of Science in Taxation from the University of Northern Illinois, USA; a Bachelor of Commerce and Management Accounting from the University of Dar es salaam; and he is an Associate Certified Public Accountant Tanzania (ACPA T).
Eric Shitindi
Non-Executive Director
MA (Economics), Bergen University, Norway (1996); BA Hons (Economics), University of Dar es Salaam (1988)
Mr Shitindi has over 30 years’ experience in senior roles in the Tanzanian Public Service. He is an Economist with significant experience in Public Policy Making, Policy Analysis, Leadership, Public Sector Reforms, Human Resource and Financial Management, Negotiations, Consultancy, Resources Mobilization, Social Protection and Skills development. He has held several senior positions in the Public Service including Assistant Director, Deputy Executive Director, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Permanent Secretary and Regional Administrative Secretary.
Mr Shitindi holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the Bergen University, Norway, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam.
