Our Directors
Dr Colin Rose
Executive Chairman
Dr Rose has been Non-Executive Chairman of Marmota since 1 May 2015, and Executive Chairman since 5 June 2017.
He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney.
He is a long-term fundamentals investor in the mining and exploration sector, with particular exposure to gold and uranium.
He has extensive business experience as the founder and director of a technology company whose software is used in over 55 countries.
He has been invited to speak to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of England, the National Bureau of Economic Research (USA), and the London School of Economics (Financial Markets Group).
Neville Bergin
Non-executive Director: Production
Neville is a mining engineer with over four decades of experience in the mining industry, primarily in operations in the gold sector.
He has both open pit and underground operational experience.
Neville has previously held roles as a director of Northern Star Resources Ltd, as Vice President of Gold Fields Australia Pty Ltd where he oversaw operational management of the company’s Australian mines, and as General Manager (Operations) for Jubilee Mines.
He was the manager of the Fosterville Gold Project when it was an oxide gold heap leach operation – of particular relevance to Marmota, which plans a heap leach operation at its Aurora Tank gold discovery.
Neville most recently managed the Definitive Feasibility Study for the very successful Capricorn Metals Karlawinda Gold Project which poured its first gold in 2021.
He has a BSc from the Camborne School of Mines in the UK. Neville joined the Board of Marmota on 11 May 2021 as Non-Executive Director (Production).
Aaron Brown
Executive Director: Exploration
Aaron is an exploration geologist with over 17 years’ experience, exploring for gold, uranium, copper and nickel across a range of terrains in South Australia (particularly in the Gawler Craton), the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Aaron joined Marmota in January 2018 as Senior Geologist, and has been working together with Dr Kevin Wills in driving the development of the Aurora Tank gold discovery.
Aaron also heads up Marmota’s biogeochemical exploration program that has given rise to the discovery of the new NW flank at Aurora Tank, including multiple outstanding intersections of over 100 g/t gold over 1m.
Aaron joined the Board of Marmota on 11 May 2021 as Executive Director (Exploration).