Kanyika Niobium Project

The Kanyika Niobium Project is Globe’s flagship project, and one that it discovered based upon the Company’s own grassroots exploration in 2006.  The Project is now final feasibility, with production scheduled to commence in Q1 2014.

Kanyika is approximately 150km from the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, and in the southern part of the Mzimba District. Globe has a permanent office at Kanyika, in addition to its regional headquarters in Lilongwe.

Niobium, in the form of ferro-niobium, will be the main product from Kanyika, with bi-products to include tantalum oxide, uranium oxide and potentially also zircon.

For more details please click: http://www.globemetalsandmining.com.au/projects/kanyika-niobium-project

Mt Muambe Fluorite/HREE Project

The Mount Muambe Fluorite/HREE Project is the Company’s most exciting earlier-stage opportunities, and with a heavy program of exploration scheduled for 2011, an exciting flow of news is likely to keep the market interested.

Globe can earn up to a 90% interest in the Project, and currently has earned 20%, based upon its initial 2010 maiden drill campaign.

Mount Muambe is a 5-6km diameter carbonatite crater in the Tete Province of Mozambique. The exploration permit covers the entire crater. To date, results have shown the crater to be mineralized with fluorite and heavy rare earths, but only a small fraction of the crater has been explored to date.

For more details please click: http://www.globemetalsandmining.com.au/projects/mt-muambe-project



Machinga REE Project

The Machinga REE Project is a joint venture between Globe and Resource Star Limited (ASX: RSL), whereby Globe can earn up to 80% of the Project over a period of time. It currently has earned a 20% interest in the Project.

The Project is located in southern Malawi, near the former capital, Zomba.

In addition to the extremely valuable rare earths, niobium, tantalum and thorium are also present.  However, at the present time, insufficient work has been carried out to in order to assess the full economic potential of the Project, as only an initial drill campaign has been carried out, in late 2010.

For more details please click: http://www.globemetalsandmining.com.au/projects/machinga-project

Board of Directors


Yi Shao - Chairman

Mr Yi Shao was appointed to be the Director General of ECE in August 2006. Prior to August 2006, Mr Yi Shao worked as General Manager in Jiangsu Aviation Industry Limited Company for three years and in Jiangsu Transportation Industry Limited Company for two years.  Prior to that time, that he worked in International Tender Company for three years, holding a position of Director General.  His previous experience also includes working as Deputy Mayor of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province from 1997 to 2001, Director and Head of Economic Research Institute of Jiangsu Development and Reform Commission from 1986 – 1994.

Mr Yi Shao is a senior economist and holds MA Degrees from Nanjing University, China.  He is currently studying for a doctoral degree (Mineral Resources) in Central South University.  He is also a part-time professor in both Southeast University and Nanjing University, and a research fellow in Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China.  Mr Yi Shao is the current president of Basketball Association of Jiangsu Province.

Mr Yi Shao is the Chairman of East China Non-Ferrous Investment Holding Corporation, ECE’s wholly owned subsidiary which holds all business interests for ECE.  He is also the chairman of Australian ECE Nolans Investment Limited and AO-Zhong.



Mark Sumich - Managing Director (LLB (UWA); MBA (Lon))

Mark is a co-founder of Globe, which he setup in June 2005 with his brother David. Mark is an entrepreneur, with experience in corporate law, corporate finance, internet start ups and financial consulting.



Mr Jianrong Xu - Non-Executive Director

Mr Jianrong Xu is Deputy Director General of ECE. Mr Jianrong Xu obtained his BA in geophysics from Central South University in 1983 and has worked with ECE since graduating.  He had been working in Team 814 of ECE for almost 24 years and successively held the post of head of geophysics prospecting team, project manager, deputy director and director.  In January 2007 he was appointed as Deputy Director General of ECE.

Mr Jianrong Xu is the current Deputy Managing Director of Jiangsu Geophysical Society, the Chairman of Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous Mineral Resources Co Ltd, and the Chairman of Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous International Mineral Development Co Ltd.

David Sumich - Non-Executive Director (B.Bus(Hons); HKSFC)

David is a co-founder of Globe and brings to Globe over 10 years experience in the investment banking and corporate finance fields. He worked for Merrill Lynch during the early 90’s where he worked in the International Private Banking division and assisted many small companies through the seed capital stage to ASX listing. More recently, David has worked in the Middle East, including HSBC, advising many resource and energy corporations throughout Middle East and Africa on project finance, mergers & acquisitions and financing solutions. David has also worked in Hong Kong for a venture capitalist and asset management firm and became a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.



Tian Jingbin - Non-Executive Director

Mr Jingbin Tian is Deputy Director of the Outward Investment Department of ECE.

Before taking his current position in January 2010, Mr Tian had been working with Jiangsu International Tender Company and leading a consulting team in the utilities sector for nearly ten years.  His previous experience includes working in the public procurement area for eight years and as a newspaper reporter for one year. Mr Tian holds BA, MA degrees in literature from Nanjing University, China and a LLM in international commercial law with distinction from Nottingham University, UK



Julian Stephens - Non-Executive Director (PhD; BSc (Hons); MAIG)

Julian has over 15 years of experience in the exploration and mining sectors and economic-structural geology research fields. He began his career in the Eastern Goldfields of WA, and between 1995 and 1999 worked as a mine and exploration geologist at a number of operations. From 1999 to 2003 Julian completed his PhD on Canadian intrusion-related gold deposits at James Cook University in Queensland and then worked as a consulting geologist in western Canada between 2003 and 2004. He was employed as a senior structural/economic geology consultant for mining consultancy RSG Global between 2004 and 2006. Julian has held the position of Exploration Manager and more recently Exploration Director at Globe from mid 2006.



Peter Stephens - Non-Executive Director

Mr Peter Stephens has nearly 30 years experience in senior financial roles in the construction, telecommunications, banking and corporate treasury, manufacturing and distribution sectors in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.  He has previously worked in China in the telecommunications and digital media sectors.

Mr. Stephens is a former Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Grange Resources, an ASX-listed iron ore mining company.  Mr Stephens has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne.



William (Bill) Hayden - Non-Executive Director (BSc (Hons))

Bill is a geologist with over 33 years experience in the mineral exploration industry, much of which has been in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Bill was the founder and President of Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum (formerly African Minerals Ltd.), a Canadian company which has assembled extensive mineral holdings in South Africa, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 1986 Bill has worked in a management capacity with several exploration and mining companies both in Australia and overseas. Bill is President of Ivanhoe Philippines, Inc. (an Ivanhoe Mines wholly owned subsidiary). He is also a director of Pan Palladium South Africa Ltd, GoviEx Niger Holdings Ltd., Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum Ltd (and its Australian subsidiaries), and Ivanhoe Australia Ltd.



Youyu Zhang - Non-Executive Director

Mr Zhang joined ECE in March 2007 and is the Division Director and Deputy CEO.  Mr Zhang is also a director of Hongkong East China Mineral Resources Company, a subsidiary of ECE.

In April 1991 he got his MS degree from Northern Transportation University with a major in Road and Bridge Engineering and started his career in government departments of Jiangsu Province. Between Oct 1999 and Mar 2007 he held different positions respectively in the Jiangsu Provincial Headquarters of Highway Construction and Jiangsu Highway Corporation.



Bradley Wynne - Co. Secretary & CFO (B.Com (Dist); CA)

Brad is highly experience in the mining, oil and gas and engineering industries. He has held senior financial management positions in the mining sector with companies including Xstrata Zinc and St Barbara Mines, and was previously Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of GME Resources. Brad has overseen and implemented major mining and construction projects in Australia, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East.



Non-Executive Directors - Globe Metals & Mining (Africa) Limited (Malawi inc. subsidiary)


Dye Mawindo - Chairman

Mr. Mawindo is a Malawian national with degrees in law and business administration. He currently operates as a legal and business services consultant, and has served on the board of a number of major companies in Malawi, including Old Mutual (the largest life assurance company in Malawi), National Bank of Malawi (the largest bank in Malawi), Malawi Property Investment Company Limited (listed and largest real estate business in Malawi), Nedbank (Malawi) and Illovo (South Africa).

Prior to working in the private sector, Mr. Mawindo’s career involved an extensive period of service in the public service, including as Deputy General Manager of the Malawi Development Corporation, CEO of the Privatisation Commission for 5 years, and Governance Adviser in the Office of the Vice President.  He also served as Chief of Party of a Millennium Challenge Corporation supported project that sought to help the Malawi Parliament.



R.H. Martin - Non Executive Director

Bob is a Scottish qualified chartered accountant and charted taxation adviser who has practiced in Malawi since 1965. He is a founder and twice president of Malawi’s charter body and its associated academic, examining and regulatory organs. For the first half of his career he was a Principal with Deloitte then regional senior partner of PriceWaterhouse. For the past twenty years he has run a niche consultancy operating internationally in the fields of macro-economics, fiscal reform, central banking, privatization, restructurings and greenfield start-ups. A former director of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, he currently holds non-executive directorships in various sectors, including one commercial bank. His pursuits outside work are hill walking and endless reading. He is a member of the two leading clubs in the commercial centre, Blantyre, and a trustee of The Wildlife & Environmental Society of Malawi. His range of contacts is significant, having grown-up with the current decision makers in politics, the public service and business. He has many published works of a technical nature.