The Board comprises individuals that have had international mining and capital markets experience, as well as Greenland focussed operators who have both discovered and developed mines.
Mr. Edwards brings over 30 years of experience in the natural resources sector to Bluejay, including roles in production mining, new business, investment banking, capital markets, consulting and a range of board level experience across multiple commodity groups and jurisdictions.
From 2013 until 2022 Mr Edwards served as a Non-Executive Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium. Mr. Edwards also served as Non-Executive Chairman of Sierra Rutile Limited, a leading producer of mineral sands products. He was closely involved in the execution of the sale of Sierra Rutile Limited to Iluka Resources for US$285 million in 2016.
Mr. Edwards also serves as a Non-Executive Director of ASX listed Sandfire Resources Limited and AIM listed Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited. Mr. Edwards graduated from the Camborne School of Mines with an honours degree in Mining Engineering (B.Eng. ACSM).
Dr. Stensgaard is a Danish national and preeminent geologist with extensive operational experience in Greenland. Bo was a senior research scientist at the Danish state survey and has advised multiple European federal and commercial entities in the field of commodity development.
Member of the Audit, Remuneration and AIM Compliance Committees
Mr. Hutchinson began his career at Metallgesellschaft Ltd where he worked for 25 years, ultimately becoming the Managing Director in 1985. Metallgesellschaft Ltd was a metal trading subsidiary of one of Germany’s largest industrial conglomerates. Additionally, Mike was Director between 1986-2008 of the world’s largest market for industrial metals trading, the London Metals Exchange (LME). Since then he has held several notable board and management roles, including Chairman of Metalloyd Ltd, a major supplier of steel and raw materials to traders, distributors and end-users. He was also Chairman of Wogen Ltd, a speciality metals trading house.
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the AIM Compliance Committee
Mr. Waugh is an experienced technical director and consultant with more than 30 years’ experience in the global titanium dioxide industry, including 24 years with Tioxide Group, followed by Huntsman Pigments. Peter’s experience includes pigment plant management as well as leading teams in the delivery of global strategic improvement projects.
Mr. Levin is a Finnish geologist with more than 15 years of experience in exploration and project management. He graduated from Åbo Akademi University in 2003 and holds a M.Sc. degree in geology and mineralogy. After graduating he worked as a researcher at the university before joining the geo-consulting company AB Scandinavian Geopool Ltd as project manager. In early 2010 Mr. Levin joined the Magnus Minerals Oy and Western Areas LTD joint venture team, forming the base of what today is FinnAust Mining Finland Oy, a company which is part of the Bluejay Mining plc group managing the Finnish assets. During his more than 9 years with the group, Mr. Levin has held various positions and was appointed COO in February 2019.
Mr. Jensen has more than 30 years of experience managing and operating in Greenland and has undertaken a variety of large logistical and supply chain operations, as well as international exploration. Hans has previously held senior roles in the largest Greenlandic transportation and logistics companies such as Royal Arctic Line A/S and Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner A/S where he was Marketing Manager & Vice-President in charge of Projects and Transportation. He also held a role as CEO in the largest Facility Service company in Greenland, ISS. Hans is experienced in permitting regulations required by the various Ministries of Greenland regarding these types of activities.
Mr. Hughes is an experienced exploration manager with >13 years of experience in mineral exploration, covering gold, base and critical metals in the Arctic, Europe, Africa and Central Asia. Previously he has held senior roles including Chief Geologist of Greenland’s national mineral exploration company NunaMinerals A/S and Vice President Exploration for TSX-V listed, Arras Minerals Corp. Between 2019 – 2021, he was Greenland Exploration Manager for Bluejay Mining and re-joined the company in 2023 as Vice President Exploration.
He specializes in mineral exploration design, planning, and management and has made his career out of leading discovery-focused teams and drilling campaigns in remote and challenging environments. Mr. Hughes who graduated from Cardiff University (UK) with a Masters degree in Exploration and Resource Geology, is a Member and Chartered Professional Geologist of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (‘MAusIMM CP(Geo)’), a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (‘FSEG’), and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (‘FGS’). He has a research background in both gold deposits and applied petrology and geochemistry from the Universities of St Andrews (UK) and Durham (UK) and has authored or co-authored several scientific publications related to mineral deposits.