Rockhound

Joseph LAU WAN PUI (Chairman)
B.Sc., MBA, MCIC, MCIM

Joseph, a founding partner of Rockhound, specializes in business incubation, special investment projects as well as partnering of clients. He has extensive experience in the financing of mining projects but began his career as a research chemist in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector in Canada from 1976-1982.

From 1982-1984 Joseph worked as a Food and Drug Analyst and subsequently became Vice President (1990) with an international investment banking firm. In 1994, he was transferred to Hong Kong to head the Greater China Direct Investment Fund, and since then he has served in senior executive positions in various industries including: Financial services; Seapower International Holding Limited (Stock # 240) – Executive Director, Head of Asset Management and Head of Corporate Finance. Telecom; First Telecom/KPN Telecom, Netherlands – Executive Director, GM. Retail Jewellery; Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Limited (Stock # 417) – Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer. Construction Management; WLS Holdings Limited (Stock # 8021– Executive Director and CEO. He sat on the HK-EMBA program Advisory Board of the Telfar School of Management of the University of Ottawa (Canada) from 1997-2003 and from 2012-2015 he is Dean’s Advisory Board Member. Currently Mr. Lau is the Non-Executive Director of Wealth Glory (#8269).

Paul FOWLER (Managing Director)
MBA, MSc. C.Geol, CEng, FGS, FIQ, FIMMM, MHKIE, RPE

Paul is a chartered geologist who began his career in mineral exploration in Southern Africa for Gold Fields. He subsequently worked as an engineering geologist in East Africa and then with Ove Arup, one of the world’s leading engineering consultancies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

In 1996 Paul left Arup to become GM of a Joint venture in charge of one of the largest hard rock Quarry operations in SE Asia. He subsequently became GM responsible for Planning and Development in Hong Kong ListCo K.Wah Construction Materials Limited, a role which took him to other parts of Asia-Pacific.

Since 2004 he has successfully run his own consultancy business and was with Dr. Anderson a founder of a private junior exploring for gold and base metals in Madagascar. With Rockhound, of which he is also a founding partner, he has undertaken due diligence and provided technical and geological support for ListCos and private companies operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Philippines. Projects have ranged from gold, base metals, iron ore and mineral sands to dimension stone, quarry products and industrial minerals. He meets the requirements of a Competent Person under the JORC Code in a number of areas and was recently the QP for a dimension stone project listed on the SGX. He also provides expert support and expert witness testimony relating to litigation and was recently involved in two multimillion dollar legal claims.

Kelly BUT MING SZE (Director)
BCom

Kelly graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Auckland in 2005. After graduation she joined the corporate finance team at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Beijing. Kelly spent almost three years working in the M&A market in China. She was one of the key professional in the team which advised financial investors on M&A, direct investments and structured finance.

Most recently, Kelly joined a leading Asia Pacific asset management company in June 2010, which is a publicly listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She is responsible for business development and particularly for the expansion of the Group’s business in Mainland China. Prior to that, she was the business manager at Junefield Group (HK Stock #758), participating in M&A and mining investments in China and Peru.

Dominic KOT
MAusIMM, FGS, MCIM, MCF, BASc (Geological Engineering)

Dominic graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering (Geophysics Option) from the University of British Columbia. He has ten years’ experience in the mining and exploration sector dealing with various mineral projects. He also holds a Master of Corporate Finance degree.

Starting out as a field operator conducting geophysical surveys in Canada, he subsequently joined a Hong Kong private company and worked on an iron-titanium mineral project in Inner Mongolia, PRC. This project was eventually sold to a Hong Kong ListCo. Subsequently Dominic was involved in exploration and mining for lateritic nickel and placer gold mineral projects in the Philippines.

He is currently a Technical Associate at Rockhound Limited and has responsibilities as a team member for a diverse range of projects across Asia and business development. He also acts as a Business Manager for Rockhound Assets Management enhancing the value of client’s mineral properties.

Terry CHAN
BSc (Hons), CFA, ACCA, CPA (Canada), CGA

Terry graduated with a degree in Chemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He subsequently moved into finance and is now a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada, CGA). He is currently a business analyst at Rockhound Assets Management Limited. His role includes writing commodities fore-cast reports, minerals industry update and information memoranda, valuation of investments, and analysis of financial statements.

Starting from 2013, he also manages a portfolio of Rockhound Assets Management Limited which focuses on investments in equities securities in the minerals and energy sector.

Helen TANG
LLB., LLM.

Helen currently manages Rockhound’s administrative. She graduated in the United Kingdom with an LLB and then obtained a Master of Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong focusing particularly on Chinese Business Law.

Her role includes legal and administrative support, contract and report review.