Andy has over 30 years experience in the minerals industry from field geology, research, mineral resource management and commercial due diligence and evaluation of a wide range of local and international mineral assets. Andy has 18 years of experience working with commercial banks and financial institutions with transactions in the minerals industry and has been involved in the preparation of numerous Codes and Rules for compliance and reporting in the public domain.
Andy bought out his business partner in February 2005 and became sole owner. He continues leading the Venmyn team in mineral asset valuation and Independent Reporting on mineral asset transactions for the market. Mr Clay also was appointed to the JSE Securities Exchange Issuer Services Advisory Service as part of his on-going involvement in compliance and rule monitoring.

Andy has also assisted in a number of M&A transactions as strategic advisor and negotiator.   Under his stewardship, Venmyn has also continued grow its reputation as an Independent Trusted Advisor to the industry and has appeared as Expert Witness. In recent times, Venmyn has continued to emphasise its competence in providing Fair and Reasonable opinions in the market place and in the preparation of Pathfinder documentation for sales and disposals.

He also continues his involvement in the re-write of the SAMREC Code and the development of the SAMVAL Code.

Catherine has spent over 13 years in the minerals management business and has gained extensive experience in the valuation and technical due diligence of mining and mineral projects in South Africa, and in Africa as far north as Egypt. Catherine has worked on projects involving precious metals, base metals, precious and gem stones, industrial minerals and energy related commodities. She specialised in the compilation and writing of documentation required for both local and international stock exchanges. In this respect she has completed a large number of Competent and Qualified Persons Reports. She has also completed a number of commodity and market reviews for a range of commodities including chrome, ferrochrome, platinum, diamonds and phosphate.

Catherine's particular areas of expertise are in the coal and diamond industries where she has been involved in projects ranging from exploration management through to the development and valuation of projects and mining operations. She has also travelled extensively in Africa , assessing these types of projects. Catherine has represented the Geological Society of South Africa’s disciplinary committee with respect to the implementation of the SAMREC Code and the JSE Listing Rules.

With 13 years experience in the mining industry Graham joined Venmyn as their mining engineer in 2004. His experience has been in operations and project assessment has ensured continuity in techno-economic studies from exploration and resource classification to mine design and optimisation. He has worked on a broad range of commodities which include coal, diamonds (kimberlite and alluvial), platinum group metals and chrome. Since his early experience in operations, he completed an MBA focussing in particular on Corporate Finance and valuation modelling which represents his current area of emphasis.

Fiona has recently joined Venmyn from Knysna, having taken a somewhat unusual career path. She was a Senior Mineralogist for Anglo American Research Laboratories for five years where she was responsible for the petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical backup for the diamond exploration teams. She completed numerous research projects on kimberlites in Botswana and a carbonatite in Namibia. She then took off into the hinterland to try her hand at all manner of farming projects. She co-managed one of the largest rabbitries in South Africa and in a moment of madness ran an ostrich rearing unit. She developed a hand spun rabbit yarn project and in conjunction with the CSIR developed a South African industrial rabbit yarn. Fiona spent two years as a property consultant in Knysna before heading back to Johannesburg. Fiona’s practical business skills, together with her geological background have prepared her for a new path at Venmyn as a compliance officer, researcher and writer of expert documents written by the Venmyn team. She specialises in meticulous preparation of documents and has a special interest in the compliance codes. Fiona is busy training in valuation work as a special interest.

Godknows Njowa has over four years experience in the minerals industry from mine production, research, mine planning and optimisation, management accounting, costing analysis and project feasibility studies. His key areas of expertise lie in the combination of skills in Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance and Mining Engineering. Compliance and public reporting of mineral assets for the various stock exchange jurisdictions his core focus area together with experience in both technical and corporate finance he has consolidated his expertise in detailed financial valuation of mineral and mining projects.

Godknows has special interests in the public reporting of mineral assets and their valuation, with focus on the following codes and standards:- IAS, IFRS, IVS, SAMREC Code , SAMVAL Code, JORC Code and the National Instrument 43-101.

Siobhan gained a year’s experience at Mintek in mineral economics, and joined Venmyn in January 2007 as a Mineral Project Analyst. During her studies at Pretoria University she was involved in research related to mining, environmental management and GIS. Siobhan has experience in technical reports and market reviews in a range of commodities. She has worked on diamonds, coal, uranium, gold, gemstone and other precious metals related projects.

Siobhan is interested in the public reporting of mineral assets, with interest in the South African Code for the Reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves (SAMREC Code), the Australasian Code for Reporting of Identified Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code), the National Instrument 43-101 and the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).