Paul Smith
Chief Executive Officer

Mr Smith has over 30 years’ experience as a senior mining industry executive across exploration, feasibility, project development, and operations management on a global platform. He has extensive experience with start-up and turnaround strategies, leveraging significant expertise in stockbroking, corporate finance, and project funding in delivering key business objectives.

Mr Smith has previously held senior executive positions with Aquarius Platinum Limited (now part of Sibanye Stillwater Limited), Weiszwe Platinum Limited, and more recently Impala Platinum Holdings Limited.

Mr Smith has a Bachelor of Science, Geology & Chemistry from Rhodes University (South Africa), a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Stellenbosch University (South Africa), a Graduate Diploma in Extractive Metallurgy from Camborne School of Mines (United Kingdom), and a Master of Business Administration from Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

Rex Zietsman
Chief Technical Officer

Mr Zietsman is a highly experienced chemical engineer with a Masters of Business Administration who has broad engineering and project management experience gained over a career of thirty-five years that has involved working across a broad range of industries and commodities including rare earths, niobium, tantalum, uranium, phosphoric acid and biomass renewable energies.

Mr Zietsman recently occupied the positions of Project Manager and Mine Executive for Bikita Minerals in Zimbabwe, where he worked closely with Grant Hudson. Among other projects, he was involved in the prefeasibility study for a new spodumene concentrator and the debottlenecking of the Bikita tantalite gravity separation plant. Other significant relevant experience includes: Technical Director for AR Process Projects who participated in numerous uranium related projects including the engineering of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Fuel Plant programme, specialist scrubbing systems for Uranium One and a large scale slurry preheater for Paladin Energy in Namibia; consulted to Tantalite Resources in South Africa on the solvent extraction of niobium and tantalum and the building of the new tantalum K-salt plant; was the Competent Person signatory and consultant in the development of a unique process flow for the concentrator for the Frontier Rare Earths Project in the Northern Cape of South Africa, and Study Manager for a Bankable Feasibility Study for the Botswana Development Corporation for the Selibe Phikwe Tailings to Fertiliser Project.

Mr Zietsman oversees Globe’s engineering and construction teams working on the Kanyika Niobium Project which involves team building and leading, external and internal relationship management, risk identification, management and reporting, contractual management, the management of mining, processing and site administration personnel, and reporting against agreed business and management plans.

Charles Altshuler
Chief Financial Officer

Mr Altshuler has over 18 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ and CA SA) and holds an Australian MBA, and advanced project management qualifications from Stanford University.

Prior to joining Globe, Mr Altshuler held senior finance positions in Anglo American and other large corporations in various industries in South Africa, and more recently was the Chief Financial Officer of an ASX-listed pharmaceuticals company.

Mr Altshuler has extensive experience in capital raises, off-take agreements, introduction of strategic investors, mergers and acquisitions, post-merger synergies, and cost reduction projects. His considerable experience in both Africa and Australia ensures he plays a key role as Globe’s Chief Financial Officer in maximising value for Globe and its shareholders.

Paul Hardie
General Counsel & Company Secretary

Mr Hardie has more than 20 years’ professional, corporate, and business experience in senior legal and corporate advisory roles, as well as a range of executive management and non-executive appointments. His extensive boardroom experience includes ASX-listed entities, unlisted public companies, and proprietary organisations across different industries including mining and resources, manufacturing, technology, and financial services.

Prior to joining Globe, Mr Hardie was part of the mergers and acquisitions team at a top-tier national law firm before establishing his own commercial law practice specialising in general corporate and commercial advisory, regulatory compliance, and M&A for start-ups and ASX-listed entities. Mr Hardie was previously the General Counsel & Company Secretary of ASX-listed Matrix Composites & Engineering Ltd (ASX: MCE).

Mr Hardie is admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia and has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, and a member of The Tax Institute and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Grant Hudson
Regional Advisor - Southern Africa

Mr Hudson is an experienced business executive with decades of experience working in sub-Saharan Africa. He is also a former CEO of Bikita Minerals (Zimbabwe) and the former Chief Executive Officer of Globe and as such is ideally suited to his new role as Regional Advisor for the Group. In this position he will focus primarily on the critical area of community and Government relations in Malawi and will have oversight of the Malawi administrative functions. In addition, Mr Hudson will look at new business opportunities in the region and continue to serve on Globe’s executive Committee.

David Young
Chief Consultant Geologist

Mr Young has more than 50 years’ experience in the minerals and mining arena across a broad spectrum of metals and mining industries, with particular expertise in commodities and their methods of exploration, evaluation, mining, and valuation. Prior to joining Globe, Mr Young worked as a production geologist in the mining industry before jointly founding a mineral consulting company in Johannesburg specialising in providing geological investment advice, and working as an Independent Consultant Geologist in Cape Town, South Africa.

Lisungu Banda
Senior Accountant / Director - Globe Subsidiary in Malawi

Mr Banda is a qualified accountant with significant resources experience. A Malawian national based in Globe’s Lilongwe office, Mr Banda is responsible for all financial reporting related to Globe’s Projects in Malawi. Prior to joining Globe in 2008, Mr Banda held the position of Company Accountant with Macsteel.

Mr Banda is currently studying the CIMA professional Scheme and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) (formerly Society of Accountants in Malawi).

Louis Schoeman
Project Director

Mr Schoeman has more than 25 years’ experience in project management, construction management, and contract management in the chemical, industrial, and mining industries on engineering projects in Africa and Australia. Prior to joining Globe, Mr Schoeman held senior project management positions in various construction and engineering companies and is seasoned specifically in project execution of both greenfields and brownfields projects. Louis has a National Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Vaal University of Technology (formerly Vaal Triangle Technikon).

Rogerio Pastore
Senior Marketing Advisor

Mr Pastore is a seasoned global executive with over 25 years’ experience in the steel and mining industries. His expertise encompasses strategic development, business model innovation, go-to-market strategies, and market development across more than 50 countries. Prior to joining Globe, Mr Pastore held key leadership roles in prominent organisations like Gerdau and CBMM, where he was recognized for his ability to manage multicultural teams and navigate complex international markets.