Mr Leslie is a highly experienced mining executive, with extensive operational and management knowledge of the global mining industry which includes experience in uranium marketing and project management. He was on the Board of Rio Tinto PLC for 9 years and CEO of two of Rio Tinto's major product groups. He has broad experience of uranium marketing having spent four years responsible for Rio Tinto's worldwide uranium sales into the Far East and Asia. His involvement in uranium continued with his appointment as Managing Director of Rossing Uranium where he developed close relationships with the Namibian government and related agencies. More recently Mr Leslie served as Executive Chairman for the major AIM listed mining company, Nikanor plc, formed to develop the world class KOV copper/cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to his role with Nikanor, Mr Leslie was CEO of Sappi Ltd, from 2003 to 2006.