Prophet Resources
Seeking resource discovery, growth and opportunity
Privately funded
Gold / Copper exploration
Queensland
About Us
Company Profile
Prophet Resources Pty Ltd (“Prophet Resources” or “Prophet” or the Company) was established several years ago by two experienced exploration and mining company directors Mr Andrew Gillies and Mr Adrian Day for the express purpose of acquiring gold and gold-copper projects in Queensland.
The directors have many decades of experience in Queensland and are both very familiar with the State’s prospectivity, its permitting, landowner liaison, environmental policies and guideline compliance. The Company uses specialist support for tenement administration, geological/geophysical services and exploration logistics support in Brisbane and Townsville respectively on an as required basis.
Prophets two directors (both geologists) have project generated and acquired all the companies’ mineral properties. The Company currently has seven gold and gold-copper projects in Queensland and one bauxite project near Weipa, all 100% controlled – see Figure below for Project Locations.
Company
Projects
1.
Mt Morgan
South-Dee Range
Gold, Copper, Zinc
2.
Palmerville South
Gold, Copper
3.
Butcher Creek
Gold
4.
Blue Mountain
Gold
5.
Ina Bauxite
Bauxite
Prophet Resources is a privately funded exploration company focused on gold and gold-copper exploration projects in the most prospective regions of Queensland.
Seeking resource discovery, growth and opportunity for its shareholders, stakeholders and with success contributing for a better Queensland.
Management
Company Directors
Adrian Day
Bsc (Geology)
Founding Director and Geologist
Adrian is a geologist with over 50 years experience in mineral exploration and is a specialist in gold, base metals, rare earths elements, gems and project generation.
In addition to exploration Adrian has had considerable mineral development and mining experience, being Manager of gold mines at Cracow (Qld) and Mt Kasi (Fiji).
Adrian has had varied and diversified experience in a range of commodities as indicated by the long list of companies he has worked for.
He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, 1998.
2000-2020
– Australian Asiatic Gems Pty Ltd (opal mining and prospecting)
– Queensland Gold and Minerals Ltd (listed 2007, REE, tantalite and Gold)
– International Base Metals Ltd
1990-2000
– Intech Engineers (mining and drilling contracts)
– Pacific Islands Gold NL (Mt Kasi Gold Mine, Fiji & heap leach silver, Mexico)
– Cracow Mining Venture (Resident Mine Manager Cracow, Qld)
– Sedimentary Holdings Ltd (Georgetown, NQld)
1980-1990
– Harlock Pty Ltd – (Miclere gold project, Central Qld)
– Ceylon Sapphires Pty Ltd (Sri Lanka, alluvial sapphire operation)
– Castlegold Pty Ltd (Gold Exploration Georgetown North Qld)
– Mt Arthur Molybdenum NL (senior geologist, Wolfram Camp)
1967-1980
– Private Mining Venture (owner operator alluvial tin operation in North Qld)
– Mareeba Mining Ltd (director and senior geologist, regional tin, scheelite, VMS exploration in N Qld).
– Queensland Mines Ltd (Field Geologist, uranium exploration, Mt Isa Qld)
– EZ Co of Aust Ltd (underground geologist, Rosebery Tasmania)
Andrew Gillies
Bsc (Geology)
Founding Director and Geologist
Andrew is a highly experienced geologist, having 35 years’ experience and over 20 years combined experience as a company director (much of which as an executive director) of ASX listed junior resource companies, providing for a strong resource and mineral exploration, project generation, company management, project feasibility, project development, mining, capital raising, governance and corporate background.
Andrew has extensive experience across a range of mineral and resource projects, much of this experience gained throughout Queensland. Andrew and small team of professionals successfully listed Metallica Minerals Ltd on the ASX in 2004 and subsidiaries Cape Alumina Limited and MetroCoal Limited in 2009 (these companies have since merged to become Metro Mining Limited, a successful bauxite producer).
His key strength is strategic planning, specialising in project generation and acquisition. He has been instrumental in the selection and acquisition of all the mineral assets held by Prophet including his previous positions in listed companies, notably Metallica.
He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1985 and has been a Member of the AusIMM from 1989. He has worked continuously as a geologist in the exploration and mining industry.
Andrew was a Founding and Executive Director of Metallica Minerals in 1997, listing the company on the ASX in 2004. He retired from the Managing Director position in July 2015 and then retired as a director in June 2017. At the Metallica General Meeting on 1 February 2019, Andrew along with two Brisbane based experienced professionals were elected by the shareholders to the Metallica Board replacing the previous Metallica Board. Andrew retired from the board of Metallica on 31 August 2021 to focus more on his private company and family interests.
Andrew was also previously a director of other ASX listed junior companies, Cape Alumina Limited, MetroCoal Limited, Orion Metals Limited and Planet Metals Limited and was previously a Director of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).
Previously (80’s-90s), he has been a company geologist with BHP Gold Mines Ltd, Perseverance Corp. Ltd and Cracow Mining Venture as well as a consulting geologist for Valdora Minerals N.L., Auralia Resources N.L and International Pursuit Corp.
Andrew has had considerable experience in gold, base metals, nickel laterites, bauxite, mineral sands, coal; plus industrial minerals such silica sand, magnetite, quarry rock and limestone – predominantly in Queensland.
Mr Gillies is currently a Director of private companies, gold-copper focused Prophet Resources Pty Ltd, industrial minerals focused Industrial Commodities Qld Pty Ltd (ICQPL) and his private geological consulting and investment company Golden Breed Pty Ltd (established 1993).
Exploring Prospective Regions of Queensland
Contacts
Andrew Gillies
Director – Geologist
0416 137 556
(Satellite Phone – when in remote areas 0405 453 652)
Adrian Day
Director – Geologist