Our Board
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Garth Earls is a geologist with over 40 years’ experience in technical, managerial and leadership roles in a range of private and public sector organizations. He was part of the team that discovered the 6 Moz Curraghinalt gold deposit and has worked internationally on a wide range of deposit types and projects. As Director of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland he was responsible for the delivery of the multidisciplinary regional Tellus project.
Garth is a Director of several exploration companies including Conroy Gold and Natural Resources, Minco Exploration and Central Asia Resources. He is a former Director of CSA (Dublin), Dalradian Gold and Premier Gold Resources. He teaches part of the Economic Geology course at University College Cork.
Geologist with over 30 years of experience. Previously Executive Manager Regional Geoscience and Mapping at the Council for Geoscience, South Africa, where he was responsible for national and commercial international multi-million dollar programmes and capacity-building initiatives. He has experience in reform and restructuring of National Geological Survey Organisations e.g. Botswana and Algeria.
Mark Parker is a geophysicist and mineral exploration entrepreneur with 40 years’ experience in prospecting, consulting and corporate management in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
Mark was non-executive Chairman of International Geoscience Services Ltd (IGS) from January 2017 to January 2021 when he became a director.
Mark is founder and Managing Director of Equator Gold Limited, which explores for gold in South Sudan. He is also Chairman of Andiamo Exploration Ltd, a British company with gold and base metal VMS projects in Eritrea, and is a non-executive director of AIM-traded investor Blenheim Natural Resources plc. From 1996 to 2011, Mark was Managing Director of African Eagle Resources plc. Previously he worked for the British Geological Survey, Hunting Geology and Geophysics, Ark Geophysics and as a consultant. He holds a BA in Environmental Science from Lancaster University.
Ash Johnson is a geophysicist and business leader with over 30 years’ experience in research, global business development, leadership and corporate governance. Ash is the founder and director of Joluco Ltd, a geoscience business consulting company helping companies bridge the gap between science and business.
Ash started his career at the British Antarctic Survey, rising to Head of Airborne Geophysics and competing 5 Antarctic field seasons. He then spent more than 20 years at Geosoft Inc., a global geoscience software company, in various executive business leadership roles internationally. He served on the Board of Directors in Canada and the UK until the sale of the company in 2018. Ash currently serves as a Director of IDPeX Ltd, an Indian company partly owned by IGS.
He has degrees from York, Leeds and the Open University and holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors
