Leadership—
Board & Management
Our highly qualified management team has decades of experience in all facets of the diamond industry.
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
Neil Kaner
Mr Kaner is a qualified mining engineer with over 35 years of operational, corporate and consulting experience predominantly in diamond and base metals mining in Southern Africa, Asia and Australia. He has been involved in developing new mines in Botswana and Lesotho and has held senior operational and technical roles with De Beers and Gem Diamonds. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Neil is a Director of Australian Natural Diamonds Pty Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Lucapa Diamond Company.
GROUP MINERAL RESOURCE MANAGER
Richard Price
Richard Price is a geologist with almost 35 years’ experience in the diamond mining and exploration industry. Mr Price has extensive experience in diamond exploration, diamond evaluation projects and diamond mine production in Australia and Southern Africa. He worked for De Beers for 21 years in a range of roles, covering exploration, resource evaluation for both kimberlite pipes and tailings, and mine production. He was Geological Evaluation Projects Manager at Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana where he managed a major resource evaluation project, and was Mineral Resource Manager at Kimberley Diamond Company. He has been with Lucapa for seven years with responsibility for exploration and mineral resource management, and is the company’s Competent Person for JORC reporting requirements. Mr Price holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Exploration and Mining Geology from Cardiff University and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
COMPANY SECRETARY
Daniel Coletta
Mr Coletta holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Chartered Governance Institute. Mr Coletta currently holds the position of company secretary with a number of other ASX listed companies and has experience in accounting and administration, capital raising and ASX Compliance and regulatory requirements.
