Board & Management
Gernot Abl
Chairman, LLB, BCom (Accounting and Finance), Hons(Finance)
Mr Abl has a background in law, corporate finance, and strategic consulting and has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial, business strategy, and investment experience. Mr Abl has worked with many early-stage businesses, across industries, to help commercialise, grow, and increase the value of the business for all stakeholders.
Mr Abl has a degree in Law and Commerce with Hons in Finance and Accounting from the University of Western Australia.
Mr Abl was appointed to the board on 21 August 2024. Mr Abl is currently also Chairman at Nelson Resources (ASX: NES) and DorsaVi (ASX: DVL).
Dr Louis Bucci
Director, (BAppSc (Hons), PhD)
Dr Bucci is an economic geologist with over 20 years’ experience in the mineral resources sector in a wide range of technical, consultant and senior management roles including Board level positions. His experience spans the management of early stage exploration projects through to mineral resource development, feasibility studies and operations.
Dr Bucci holds a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia focused on gold and related polymetallic mineral systems and is a former Director of SRK Australasia. He has worked for a broad range of businesses, including global mining and exploration companies, related financial institutions and government agencies, across multiple commodities in Australia, China & SE Asia, Africa, former Soviet countries, India, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Islands.
Dr Bucci was appointed to the Board on 21 August 2024.
Rae Clark
Director, B.Bus (dist), GradDip (CA), GradDip (AppCorpGov)
Ms Clark has more than twenty years experience focussed primarily on the resource sector. Her experience includes business development, financial modelling and analysis, capital raising and mergers and acquisitions, as well as managing joint venture partners, government, regulator and investor relations.
Ms Clark was appointed to the Board on 4 December 2014.
Dr Paul Kitto
Director, BSc (Hons), PhD, Dip Ed
Dr Kitto has over thirty years’ experience working within the mining industry having served on a number of ASX Boards and holding senior level management positions around the world.
Most recently Dr Kitto was Exploration Manager, Africa for Newcrest Mining Ltd and prior to that, was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASX listed Ampella Mining Ltd from 2008 until 2014, when Ampella was acquired by LSE/TSX listed Centamin PLC.
Throughout his career, Dr Kitto has led or been part of exploration teams that have discovered numerous multi-million ounce gold deposits in Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Dr Kitto has extensive experience associated with a wide range of deposit types, predominantly associated with gold and base metal deposits.
Dr Kitto was appointed to the Board on 20 September 2021. He is also a Director of ASX listed companies Tietto Minerals Limited and Meteoric Resources NL.
Justin Mouchacca
Company Secretary
Mr Mouchacca was appointed as Company Secretary of Peako in March 2023. He is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia with over 15 years’ experience in public company responsibilities including statutory, corporate governance and financial reporting requirements. Since July 2019, Mr Mouchacca has been principal of JM Corporate Services and has been appointed Company Secretary and Financial Officer for a number of entities listed on the ASX and unlisted public companies.