Leadership

Joegay Conteh is a PMP-certified programme director and enterprise systems specialist with more than 18 years' experience leading enterprise resource planning programmes, digital transformation and technology consultancies across West Africa. He has served as chief executive of a Freetown technology consultancy and as country manager for a regional systems integrator, directing national programmes for revenue, social security, port, energy and infrastructure institutions, including biometric voter registration for Sierra Leone's 2012 elections. He holds an MSc in Strategic IT Management and a BSc in International Business with Law, and is certified in PMP, PRINCE2, ECBA, MBSS and MCP. At Aurimet he leads financial management, budgeting, accounting, administration and the company's ICT systems.

Sheku Kallon is a mineral exploration geologist with more than 13 years' experience in Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has planned and led greenfield and brownfield exploration, grade control, laboratory and quality control programmes across heavy mineral sands (rutile, zircon and ilmenite), rare-element pegmatites (coltan and lithium), bauxite, diamonds, iron ore and gold. His expertise covers resource estimation, XRF analysis and instrument calibration, laboratory set-up, mineral processing and blending, and geological database management. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology, First Class, from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, with professional certificates in resource evaluation (China), XRF analysis (South Africa) and business statistics. At Aurimet he leads the gold and lithium project pipeline, from exploration and concession development through to mining operations.

Alusine Minah leads Aurimet's Mining and Project Development department. He oversees mine planning, project development and production across the Group's potential gold and lithium portfolio, and serves as the company's statutory Mine Manager.

He is a mining engineer and geologist with more than 18 years of experience in Sierra Leone and Liberia. His work spans exploration, mine planning, operations and production management. He has held senior roles at Sierra Rutile, Sierra Mineral Holdings 1 (Vimetco), Sierramin Bauxite, Geoscope Consultancy and CTC Mining. At these companies he took projects from exploration through licensing to production, helped commission an 800 t/h ore concentration plant, and led workforces of up to 500.

Alusine holds an MSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology, Ghana, and a BSc (Hons) in Geology from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

George Turay holds a BSc in Social Sciences from Njala University and brings extensive experience in human rights, gender and community relations. He specialises in building trusted relationships between companies, host communities, traditional authorities and government, and in designing inclusive engagement that protects the rights of women, young people and vulnerable groups. At Aurimet he leads health, safety, environmental, social and risk management, including community engagement, grievance management and human rights due diligence.

Zainab Dayeck is a legal practitioner specialising in corporate and commercial law, real property and conveyancing, and wills, probate and estate administration. She advises on company formation and governance, commercial contracts, land and property transactions, title investigation and the administration of estates. She also holds a qualification in Mass Communication from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, which strengthens her work in corporate communications and stakeholder engagement. At Aurimet she leads licensing, contracts, regulatory compliance and corporate legal matters, and serves as Board Secretary.

John Alie is a supply chain and project controls professional with more than 15 years of experience in Sierra Leone's mining and energy sectors. He has held senior procurement, materials and warehouse roles at Sierra Mineral Holdings 1, TOTAL Sierra Leone, African Minerals and London Mining. His work has covered tendering, contract and subcontractor management, cost control, logistics and SAP-based materials management. He holds a Master's in Supply Chain Management from Barcelona, Spain. At Aurimet he leads the PMO, overseeing project planning, cost estimates, contractor management, risk control and investor reporting.