Bannerman Mining Resources Namibia

Bannerman Mining Resources (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd is a 95% owned subsidiary of Bannerman Energy Ltd. The Etango Uranium project is 100% owned by Bannerman Mining Resources Namibia.

Board of Directors

Twapewa Kadhikwa

Chairperson
B.Com, MA (Entrepreneurship)

Mike Leech

Non-Executive Director 
FCIS (Accountancy)

Werner Ewald

Managing Director
BEng (Electrical), MBA

Gavin Chamberlain

Non-Executive Director
Pr Eng, BSc (Civil Eng), GDE

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One Economy Foundation (OEF)

One Economy Foundation is a Namibian non-profit helping to build a bridge of economic opportunity between the dual economy. In 2017 Bannerman gifted OEF a 5% loan-carried shareholding in Etango.

Why partner with OEF?

  • Close alignment of OEF’s community development programs and Bannerman’s development philosophies
  • OEF have a long-term perspective that aligns with our development pathway
  • Sound understanding of Etango project and mining challenges – and therefore realistic expectations
  • Loan carried ownership structure balances economic alignment with maintaining project financing attractiveness
  • Future Etango cashflows can fund extensive capacity building, leveraging OEF’s established and proven programs.
Learn more about OEF

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Twapewa Kadhikwa

Non-Executive Director – Namibia
B.Com, MA (Entrepreneurship)

Twapewa is a successful Namibian businesswoman and a role model for young entrepreneurs. In addition to her impressive business track record, Twapewa brings to the Company a highly respected passion for SME development. Her industry profile and insights will be invaluable in guiding the development of the Etango uranium project.

Twapewa is a Non-Executive Director of the Company’s 95% subsidiary, Bannerman Mining Resources (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd

Mike Leech

Chairman – Namibia,  Non-Executive Director FCIS (Accountancy)

Mike is a respected statesman of the Namibian mining industry. He is a former Managing Director of Rössing Uranium Ltd, past president of the Namibian Chamber of Mines and past Chairman of the Namibian Uranium Association. His career with Rio Tinto started in 1982 when he joined Rössing as an accountant and included a posting as Administration Director of Anglesey Aluminium before returning to Rössing in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer. Mike was Managing Director of Rössing, then the largest open pit uranium mine in the world, for 6 years until he retired in 2011. Since retirement Mike has consulted to the uranium sector and served as a non-executive director of an ASX-listed copper explorer.

Mike’s commitment to corporate social responsibility in Namibia is well known. He was a Trustee of Save the Rhino Trust Namibia and served for 18 years as Trustee of the Rössing Foundation.

Mike was named an honorary life member of the Namibian Uranium Association in recognition of his singular service to the uranium industry.

Special Responsibilities

  • Chairman of Bannerman’s 95% owned Namibian subsidiary, Bannerman Mining Resources (Namibia Pty Ltd)
  • Chairperson of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Werner Ewald

Managing Director – Namibia
BEng (Electrical), MBA

Werner has more than 30 years experience in the diamond, coal and uranium mining industries. Prior to joining Bannerman Resources, Werner was Mine Manager at Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia. During 2001 and 2003 he worked at the Tarong Coal Mine in Queensland, Australia as Business Improvement Manager.

Werner has worked in the diamond industry at Namdeb and in the underground diamonds mines in South Africa.

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Gavin Chamberlain

Chief Executive Officer
Pr Eng, BSc (Civil Eng), GDE

Gavin is a civil engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the mining project space across construction, engineering and project management, most particularly within the southern African mining industry. He brings a wealth of contracting and project build experience to the Bannerman team, including in Namibian uranium development.

Gavin was most recently the COO of Kore Potash Limited where he was responsible for advancing its large-scale potash projects in the Sintoukola district of Republic of Congo. This role saw him hold technical and commercial oversight of all internal and external project teams, as well as fostering key lender and equity investor relationships.

Prior to this, Gavin was the Regional Director, Mining and Minerals Africa of AMEC Foster Wheeler (now Wood plc). Within this role, he was the responsible Project Director for the development of the US$2 billion Husab Uranium Project in Namibia, now one of the world’s largest operating uranium mines.

Gavin holds a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) from the University of Natal and a Graduate Diploma in Engineering from the University of Witwatersand.