COMPANY Management Team Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors consists of the following:

Mr. Zeng Fuzu, Chairman and Non-Executive Director.

Mr. Zeng Fuzu, Chairman and Non-Executive Director, was appointed to the Board on 21 July 2004. Mr. Zeng has more than 18 years of working experience in the base metal industry, as well as a good knowledge of cross border trading, financing, logistic support, structured trade finance and market development. Mr. Zeng is also the Co-Founder and, from November 1999 to August 2006, was the Managing Director of Raffemet Pte Ltd, which was ranked as one of the best performing Singapore 1000/SME 500 Companies from 2003 to 2006 by the DP Information Group, which recognises the nation’s SMEs by their annual financial performance of sales/turnover and other financial indicators such as net profit and return on shareholders’ funds.

From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Zeng was a Director and Vice-President in Nonfemet Commodity Pte Ltd, a Singapore subsidiary of China Nonfemet Group, in charge of marketing, strategic business planning, trading and finance. The China Nonfemet Group is a large conglomerate principally engaged in base metals trading and having diversified business interests in the areas such as finance, industrial project development and research and development. He carried on in the same capacity as Director and Vice-President when he bought over control and renamed Nonfemet Commodity Pte Ltd as Raffemet Pte Ltd at the end of 1997. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Zeng was a Trading Manager, and then a Vice General Manager from 1994 to 1995, with Nonfemet Futures Company Ltd, responsible for marketing and customer relationship and formulating business strategies. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Zeng was the assistant to Group President of the China Nonfemet Group.  From 1987 to 1988, Mr. Zeng was a Shipping Manager with Nonfemet Transportation Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Nonfemet Group, in charge of handling shipping matters.

Mr. Zeng graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Mining Engineering from the Central-South University, PRC in 1987.

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Mr. Meng Limin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director.

Mr. Meng Limin was appointed to the Board on 21 April 2006 and was appointed as Managing Director of the
Company’s PRC subsidiaries on 31 January 2008. Mr. Meng has more than 10 years of working experience in the non-ferrous metals trading industry. He is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all sales and marketing activities of our Group. Mr. Meng assumed the additional role as Chief Executive Officer on 20 January 2009 and he is also responsible for formulating and executing business strategies, overall business operations and development, as well as finance and risk management.

From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Meng was the General Manager of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries. Prior to joining the Group in January 2005, Mr. Meng was the Deputy General Manager of the investment department of China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Ltd, a non-ferrous metals trader in the PRC, in 2004. From 2002 to 2003, he was the General Manager of the rare and minor metals department of China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. He was also the General Manager of the rare and minor metals department of China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Trading Group, a non-ferrous metals trader in the PRC, from 2000 to 2002. Between 1988 to 2000, he worked in the Minmetals International Enterprises Development Company, a non-ferrous metals producer, and held various positions such as Deputy General Manager, in charge of trading ferroalloy and non-ferrous metals, assistant to the General Manager and Manager in the export department of Minmetals International Enterprises Development Company, a subsidiary of China Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corporation.

He graduated from the Tsinghua University in 1986 with a Bachelor Degree in Automobile Engineering and obtained his MBA from the Saint Mary University, Canada, in 1998.

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Mr. Huang Guozhi, Non-Executive Director.

Mr. Huang Guozhi is a Non-Executive Director. He was appointed to the Board on 17 December 2004 and re-elected on 17 March 2009. He has over fifteen years experience in international business, project development and IT. At present, he is mainly engaged in the international businesses and project development.

From April 2005 to November 2005, he was a System Administrator with the Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, a Canadian property management company. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Huang worked as a Securities & System Analyst with United Securities Ltd, a PRC state-owned company. He was the Manager of the Information Technology Department of Sanyo Semiconductor (Shekou) Ltd., a Japanese semi-conductor company, from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Huang worked as a Computer Engineering in the Zhuzhou Smelting Factory Co. Ltd., a PRC state-owned non-ferrous metals smelting company, from 1995 to 1997.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and its Application) Degree from the Central-South University, PRC in 1995.

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Mr. Low Weng Keong, Independent Director.

Mr. Low Weng Keong is an independent Director of the Company. Mr. Low was appointed to the Board on 13 March 2006 and re-elected on 28 March 2008. He is a Director of a number of Singapore listed companies. He is also a Director of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals Limited and President and Chairman of the Board of CPA Australia Limited.

Mr. Low retired as a senior partner of Ernst & Young in June 2005 after 19 years of practice with the firm. His appointments during his career with the firm included Head of Tax Practice, Member of the Management Committee and culminating in him being the Country Managing Partner and head of the Singapore firm.

Mr. Low is a Fellow CPA (Australia), Fellow Chartered Accountant (UK), Fellow CPA (Singapore), Accredited Tax Advisor(singapore) and Chartered Tax Advisor (UK).

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Mr. Kelvin Valery Chia Hoo Khun, Independent Director.

Mr. Kelvin Valery Chia Hoo Khun is an Independent Director of our Company and was appointed to the Board on 13 December 2005. He is currently the Managing Partner of a regional law firm, Kelvin Chia Partnership, which has offices in Singapore, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and North Korea. His practice extends to a wide range of commercial matters with particular focus on cross-border commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, international arbitration, mining and resources related areas, intellectual property, litigation etc.

Mr. Chia obtained his honors degree in law from the National University of Singapore in 1977 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1978. Mr. Chia also sits on the boards of several other listed companies.

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