Nicholas Mead Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Southern Cross Gold is a gold exploration company primarily focused on three of the nine historic epizonal goldfields in the Melbourne Zone of Victoria which cover an area of approximately 471km².We own 100% of the Sunday Creek project, a shallow orogenic (or epizonal) Fosterville-style deposit located 60 kilometres north of Melbourne and contained with 19,365 hectares of both granted and applied for exploration tenements. We are also earning up to 70% of the Whroo project and have earnt 70% of the Redcastle project, both again epizonal fields, to the north of Sunday Creek.Our JV partner is ASX listed Nagambie Resources Ltd in which we hold a strategic 10% shareholding which grants us a right of first refusal to take up or match proposals being considered over a competitive 3,300km2 tenement package in central northern Victoria held by Nagambie.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mawson is an exploration and development company with precious metal interests primarily in Finland and Victoria, Australia.We own the most advanced gold-cobalt resource discovery in Finland which is on a pathway to becoming a significant resource. In Victoria, Mawson owns or is joint venturing into three high-grade, epizonal gold exploration projects in the heart of a new high-grade search space.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hannan Metals is a TSX-V listed exploration company opening up search spaces in new frontiers of the foreland region of the eastern Andes Mountains in Peru. We are exploring for the next generation of large-scale global copper-silver and copper-gold deposits. With 2,154 sq km of mineral tenure, we are now a top 10 concession holder in a country which is dominated by some of the world’s largest exploration and mining companies. We have a joint venture agreement with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) at the San Martin JV project on 815 sq km. We are also exploring in our own right over 277 sq km of mining concessions prospective for copper-silver in the San Martin area outside of current the JV with JOGMEC as well as 932 sq km of mining concessions prospective for back-arc copper-gold porphyries in central-eastern Peru at the Previsto project. We also have 100% ownership of the zinc-silver County Clare project in Ireland.https://hannanmetals.com/

Sydney, Australia

- Responsible for market communications and investor relations for the purchase of a portfolio of mid market infrastructure assets- Provide strategic advice and guidance in relation to identifying and approaching prospective investors- Advise on most appropriate investment structure to attract investors- Develop marketing strategy and prepare presentations and communications documents- Maintain relationships with potential investors through the period of investment negotiations and beyond- Develop and maintain proprietary CRM to track communications with potential investors and their consultants

Sydney, Australia

Provided strategic advice on fund structure and raising capital for a start up global mining royalties fund.

Sydney, Australia

- Brought in as advisor to consult on Pacific Road Capital's communications and investor relations strategy- Undertook an extensive dialogue and market survey of investors and consultants across the globe to assess demand for private investments in the mining sector- Reported to the company and board of directors on potential investment strategies to take the business forward in the market climate as well as to position the business to create a marketable product for investors- Updated and refined reporting on their CRM (Salesforce)

Sydney, Australia

- Created brand awareness through presentations of marketing and sales materials with a view to establishing CVC in the property and SME private credit marketplace- Responsible for the development of a new fund and business opportunities via cold calls, referrals, cross-selling and networking- Developed and implemented market communications strategies aimed at delivering and exceeding sales targets- Conducted in-depth market and customer research to identify new business opportunities- Developed and maintained relationships which led to initial product investments

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Developed and led the global marketing, communications and investor relations strategy of the firm including:- Built the brand of the firm as the leading provider of PE investments in the global mining space via writing educational papers on the strategy, media releases and interviews, creating the firm’s website and online presence, presenting keynote speeches and being a panelist at industry conferences- Proactively engaged and maintained strategic relationships with stakeholders at the community, business and government levels to connect them with the vision and strategy of the firm- Headed and coordinated three major fundraising projects totalling US$2.5bn. Worked collaboratively with team members to ensure effective and efficient messaging to investors and their consultants on firm strategy and team unity- Utilised strong communication and interpersonal skills via writing comprehensive marketing documents and presentations alongside personalised meetings and phone calls- Deployed deep analytical skills on market trends to identify and approach prospective clients- Successfully set firm and achievable deadlines to manage operational and budgetary targets- Liaised with third party service providers to ensure key deliverables were produced within stated timelines - Developed the internal company reporting system for team communications across several office locations to ensure clear and effective company wide messaging- Collaborated closely with investment management and finance team colleagues to produce quarterly and annual reports to investors and other stakeholders- Created the ESG template within these reports and maintained the company CRM on delivery and history of reporting- Planned, created and executed annual general meetings in numerous locations globally for over 100 people - Organised and delivered personal and team meetings with clients, visits to our offices of those clients as well as site visits to investment locations

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Managed the office of The Sentient Group's sub-advisor in Montreal and sat on its board for the last three years of my time in Montreal- Hired and managed personnel- Oversaw financial reporting and accounts and delivered services within budget

Sydney, Australia

- Built equity models for BHP, Rio Tinto and other Australian listed mining companies.- Presented company equity recommendations to institutional investor clients in Australia and South East Asia.

Sydney, Australia

Investment Analyst at AMP Private Capital looking at a broad range of global opportunities in sectors such as mining, telecommunications, internet and retail. My favourite opportunity was in biomass toilet seat production for the African market. We didn't make the investment however.- Analysed investment opportunities primarily using the DCF valuation methodology- Created and maintained investment opportunity database- Coordinated and ran team investment review meetings

Melbourne, Australia; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Political risk analyst on the due diligence team for WMC when they were looking to buy into the privatisation of then CVRD, now Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer.Due to my fluency in Portuguese and previous experience of having lived in Brazil, I acted as the coordinator for the Australian WMC team and local contacts and suppliers during the two month period of living in Rio de Janeiro whilst undertaking due diligence.Upon returning to Melbourne to prepare for the final board presentation on the deal, I wrote the political risk segment of the of the proposal which was reviewed by both the CEO and CFO with both of whom I had personal interaction.

Mphil, Latin American Studies

Activities and Societies: St Antony's First Boat, St Antony's Cricket Team, University of Oxford Australian Rules Football Team.

Certificate In Professional Fundraising, Philanthropy Stream

Graduate Diploma In Applied Finance

Completed Market Economics, Securities Law & Ethics, Applied Valuation, Mining Equity Analysis, Industrial Equity Analysis, Technical.

Bachelor Of Arts (Hons), Spanish, 1St Class

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), French; Spanish; Italian; Economics; Politics; Sociology, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Can't remember. The golf club, the chocolate society, the French and Spanish clubs and others related.

Education record

AFS exchange student to Bagé, RS Brazil.

Afs Secondary Exchange Year Program, Brasil

Lived in Bagé, RS and then Londrina, PR

Vce