Mr Paul Williams

Managing Director

BA LLB (UQ)

Mr Williams holds both Bachelor of Arts and Law Degrees from the University of Queensland and practised as a corporate, commercial and mining lawyer with Brisbane legal firm HopgoodGanim for 17 years, with the last few of those years as an equity partner of the firm. He then worked as General Counsel to Mitsui Coal’s worldwide coal operations for several years until 2013, when he joined Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Limited (the precursor to AuKing Mining Limited) in 2013 as Managing Director.

Over the course of a career spanning more than 35 years, Mr Williams has developed a commercial skillset that is well established for the operation of exploration companies listed on the ASX – spanning experiences including:
• negotiation and preparation of commercial arrangements in the exploration and mining sector across five continents;
• engagement with and participation in management of exploration and mining companies – big and small;
• understanding and co-operating with the requirements of local communities and stakeholders in various jurisdictions around the world;
• overseeing the development and implementation of corporate governance policies and procedures;
• engagement with a wide range of investors, corporate advisors and financiers, institutional firms; and
• public and investor relations activities with shareholders and the broader investment community.