Eastern Metals Limited appointed Mark Dugmore as director effective 4 October 2022. Mark Dugmore is an experienced geologist and, since 2014 to the present date, he has been Managing Director of the ROMARDO Group, a private Brisbane-based, precious-base metals and lithium focused early-stage project generation exploration group. Prior to that he was a director of and advisor to several junior mining exploration companies.

He earlier spent 16 years with BHP Minerals where he rose to the position of Manager, Global Base Metals. In his current role his focus is on the leadership of a private mineral prospect generator group involving ex BHP/WMC senior geoscientists who were instrumental in the discovery of the giant Cannington (BHP) and Olympic Dam/Ernest Henry (WMC) deposits. His position involves the acquisition of new grassroots mineral exploration projects with potential for world- class ore deposits and marketing/deal-making of these projects employing the JV Business Model.