Great Dirt announced that Sam Wright has tendered his resignation as a Non-Executive Director of the Company, effective 1 April 2026, to focus on other professional commitments. In addition, Marty Helean will move to a Non-Executive Director role. Experienced resources executive Tim Laneyrie, formerly CEO of Andean Silver, appointed as an Executive Director.
Tim Laneyrie is a highly experienced geologist with more than 20 years of experience in mining and executive roles, including M&A transactions, mine restart studies, mine, resource and exploration geology, and project development.Until recently, he was the founder and CEO of Andean Silver, where he led the acquisition of the Cerro Bayo Silver-Gold Project, which delivered over 3,600% shareholder returns over two years. He was instrumental in the identification and acquisition of the Green Bay Copper-Gold Project for Firefly Metals and has worked within the Northern Star and Saracen Minerals business development teams working on numerous transactions, including the approximately $16 billion merger. Mr. Laneyrie's experience includes precious metals and base metals across both open-pit and underground mining operations, with operating experience in Africa, Australia, and North and South America.
He is currently Technical Director of Andean Silver. The Company has appointed Ms. Nicolle Fleming as Company Secretary, replacing Mr. Chris Achurch, effective 1 April 2026. Ms. Fleming has extensive experience in corporate governance, capital markets, and risk management, with a particular focus on equity raisings and ASX-listed and dual-listed company compliance.
She is currently Assistant Company Secretary of ASX 300-listed FireFly Metals. Ms. Fleming has previously held company secretarial appointments with several ASX-listed companies, including Alicanto Minerals and Bellavista Resources, and governance roles with ASX 200-listed Bellevue Gold and Resolute Mining Limited. Ms. Fleming holds a Master of Business Administration from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management from the Governance Institute of Australia.
In her role as Company Secretary, Ms. Fleming will be responsible for communications with the ASX in relation to Listing Rule matters, pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 12.6.
