About
Ulara Resources

Frank Dinapoli – Director – Mining Projects and Technical Development

Frank DiNapoli is a globally recognised mining entrepreneur with more than forty years of experience across every stage of the mining lifecycle. From greenfield exploration and feasibility through to mine development, operations, optimisation, and closure, Frank has built, managed, and transformed mining projects worldwide. As the founder of InMotion, a leading mining optimisation and automation company, Frank has pioneered the integration of advanced technology into operational practice, delivering measurable gains in productivity, safety, and efficiency across diverse mining environments. Frank’s strength lies in his ability to oversee and execute all phases of mining including exploration, design, construction, extraction, and rehabilitation while aligning technical success with commercial outcomes. His extensive experience working with major miners, governments, and equipment manufacturers enables him to deliver complete and high performance mining solutions from concept to production. Frank’s deep practical knowledge, strategic insight, and long standing industry relationships make him an invaluable asset to mining projects and to partners seeking comprehensive and world class mining capability.

Sam Collins –  Director – Operations, Governance and Stakeholder Engagement

Sam is a seasoned project manager and organisational change manager with a strong track record in extractive industries. Sam has worked globally on successful drilling and geological assessment programs, mine planning, and mine modelling initiatives across a diverse range of commodities, including gold, platinum, copper, coal, silica and iron ore. He is an experienced operational manager who focusses on safety, productivity and mining efficiency. Throughout his career, Sam has cultivated strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including executive teams, technical experts, and operational staff. Sam’s ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts and collaborate across diverse teams has been instrumental in driving successful project and business outcomes. Sam has extensive experience in conducting thorough due diligence assessments, evaluating financial and operational risks, and negotiating complex commercial outcomes. Sam's understanding of the regulatory and financial landscape of the mining industry has enabled him to successfully navigate challenges associated with mergers and acquisitions, ensuring smooth transitions and value creation for all stakeholders. Sam has a diverse skillset and the ability to effectively manage complex projects, collaborate with diverse teams and drive successful commercial outcomes and sustainable growth and success.

Thomas Lowden –  Director – Operations, Governance, Compliance and Strategy

Thomas is a seasoned entrepreneur and mining executive with a proven record of building, developing, and scaling high-performance companies across mining, exploration, mental health, protective services, and industrial services. His career is defined by execution, resilience, and an ability to transform complex ideas into structured, profitable enterprises that deliver measurable value. Thomas brings deep technical and commercial capability across mineral exploration, project development, and operational management. He has led exploration and mining projects from early assessment through to production, overseeing every operational, regulatory, and financial component with precision. His experience extends across corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance frameworks, and financial strategy, ensuring Ulara Resources operates with the discipline and structure. At the core of Thomas’s leadership is a philosophy built on people and performance. He builds organisations around integrity, accountability, and excellence, empowering teams to become the backbone of each enterprise he establishes. His strategic foresight and operational mastery allow him to align technical progress with investor value, creating sustainable growth across global projects. Thomas’s leadership is not simply management; it is momentum. Under his direction, Ulara Resources is evolving into a global mining house capable of discovering, developing, and operating world class assets. He continues to drive Ulara Resources with a relentless focus on performance, precision, and measurable results, turning strategic vision into enduring value for investors, partners, and the people who build it.

Tim Forbes – Mining Operations Lead
Tim is an experienced senior mine manager with extensive background in the management of large-scale mining and contracting projects within the Australian mining sector. Tim has managed large scale and volume truck and shovel operations, dragline, drill and blast operations in coal, nickel, gold and overburden removal projects. Tim’s talents lie in compliance, logistics, improving mining and operational efficiency, cost reduction, driving revenues and increasing profitability for multi-site, multi-product mining operations. He is adept at analysing under-performing operations, pinpointing areas of deficiency and implementing targeted process improvements that impact performance across key operational metrics. Tim has worked in mining for forty years and has held senior management and supervisory roles within the Australian Mining, Quarrying, and Contracting Industries.

Hardi Yanto – Pit Design and Draftsperson – Geologist
Hardi has worked extensively on coal seam pit design in East and West Kalimantan for some of Indonesia’s largest mining concerns. He is an experienced and qualified geologist who is adept at converting down hole data into meaningful pit designs and production schedules. He is an experienced scenario modeller for open pit operations across a variety of resource types. Hardi contributes a wealth of knowledge and practical skills to mining projects through exploration, planning, construction and production scheduling.

Dr Wayne Davies – Beneficiation and Processing Engineer Associate
Wayne is a Chemical Engineer by trade with a wealth of experience in process engineering and minerals beneficiation. His areas of expertise include: innovative process and plant designs for industry, fuels, oil and gas refining, biodiesel, waste recycling, cryogenics, heat exchanger design, equipment innovations, plant troubleshooting and biological processes. He provides knowledge and skills in the areas of processing plant design, mineral beneficiation and product definition for multi-product resource types. He is passionate about data, interpretation and fact based decision making.

Fred Bruvel – Associate, Geophysicist (MSc, MBA)
Fred is an experienced geoscientist with private sector and government experience. He has worked for 27 years as a senior geoscientist with the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME). Fred specialises in the geology of gold, coal and other industrial metal deposits. Fred is an experienced and professional project consultant with project credits in Australia and internationally.

Mark Gouris – Processing Engineer
Mark has a background in the Australian Defence Force and 25+ years of practical experience designing, building and maintaining processing plants for gold, silica, tin, zinc, iron and coal. He is an experienced fabricator, process design engineer and machinist.
Mark is adept at generating and constructing bespoke processing solutions for complex, multi-mineral operations and the ongoing management and maintenance of those solutions.

John Beck – Drill Program Lead
John has been a hands-on drill lead for more than 35 years. He has worked across all major Australian resource types to conduct exploration and geotechnical drill programs. He is an innovative problem solver, team leader and project manager.