Directors & Management

Mark Wilson

Executive Chair

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson is a Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia and a Chartered Professional Engineer with an Associateship in Civil Engineering from Curtin University in Western Australia.

Mark has an extensive business background, mainly in corporate management and project engineering. This has included site management of remote construction projects, ten years of commercial construction as a founding proprietor of a Perth based company and the past twenty years in executive, non-executive, consulting and owner roles in resource focused companies.

Mark joined Legend in 2005 and guided Legend through a decade of gold, base metal and iron ore exploration projects including the global financial crisis in 2008. He was instrumental in acquiring the Rockford project for the Company in 2015, which is the cornerstone of the Company’s activities today.

Hilary Macdonald

Non-Executive Director

Hilary Macdonald is a lawyer with 30 years’ experience in private practice and industry in the UK and Australia, with particular focus on corporate and mining law.

A law graduate of Bristol University, England, Ms Macdonald qualified as a solicitor in London and was admitted to the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1990, and to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1995. Ms Macdonald was Legend Mining’s external legal adviser from 2005-2016, prior to her current, continuing role as Northern Star Resources Ltd’s Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary.

Ms Macdonald has been instrumental in many project and company acquisitions, divestments and capital raisings. Hilary also brings extensive ASX listed company experience in leadership, safety culture, risk and governance, executive remuneration, people & culture, sustainability and stakeholder relationships.

John Ribbons

Company Secretary and Director

John Ribbons (Company Secretary and Director) was appointed Company Secretary effective 15 September 2026 and appointed Director effective 24 September 2026.

Mr Ribbons is a finance and governance professional with over twenty-five years’ company secretarial, corporate governance and corporate compliance experience, including roles as Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary of ASX listed and unlisted companies. He has a strong background in the resources sector, assisting several junior entities from incorporation to ASX listing.

Mr Ribbons has extensive knowledge and experience with ASX and TSX listed production and exploration companies and has considerable site based experience with operating mines.

 

 

Derek Waterfield

Exploration Manager

Derek Waterfield

Derek  is  a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists with  over 30 years experience in exploration for gold, base metals, iron ore, nickel, uranium and heavy mineral deposits in Australia and Cameroon.

He has worked on a variety of multi-commodity projects for CRA Exploration, Normandy Mining, Newmont Australia, and Enterprise Metals. He led the team that discovered the Moolart Well gold deposit in the Duketon Belt 350km north of Kalgoorlie.

Lyn Anderson

Office Manager

Lyn Anderson

Lyn was appointed Office Manager for Legend Mining in 2006 and is part of the Legend’s senior management team. She brings a diverse skill set to the company. Her corporate responsibilities include administration, accounting/bookkeeping and public relations.