Sahul Exploration is led by an experienced management team and is undertaking well-funded, systematic exploration programmes focused on discovery through results driven exploration.

Our Team

  • Peter Hayes

    Managing Director

    Peter’s experience in the mining and exploration industry began in the late 1970s.

    He provided a number of services to the mineral exploration industry including pegging claims, gridding, sampling, geophysical surveying and mapping.

    He then progressed into a role as Field Supervisor with Placer Exploration overseeing operations on major drilling programmes. These included sites such as Big Bell and Granny Smith in Western Australia, Osborne and Kidston in Queensland, Porgera and Misima in PNG and Namosi in Fiji.

    In 1992 he founded Geostats Pty Ltd and offered quality control services to the industry. The production and sales of Certified Reference Materials was added shortly after. Currently, Geostats provides quality assurance services to companies across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Africa, the Americas and Europe.

  • Ian Cullen

    Consulting Geologist

    Ian Cullen has a widespread 45 years experience in multi commodity exploration. Ian has worked in Greece, Peru, Brazil, Mozamique and Australia. Ian has held positions within Newcrest, Rio Tinto and a number of ASX list juniors

  • Nikola Savic

    Exploration Manager

  • Joe Minello

    Data Management

    Joe Minello has 35 years experience in geoscientific data management and target generation across a suite of commodities including gold, diamonds, iron ore and base metals. Joe has held positions with CRA Exploration, Hamersley Iron and Rio Tinto Exploration.

  • Antonietta Woolley

    Community Relations & Marketing

    Antonietta is the face of Sahul Exploration in the Nullagine community. In addition to this, she has also been an integral part of the ‘boots on the ground’ team from the very first days of exploration on the Bonney Downs project.

    Over a period of some 30 years, Antonietta has gained valuable experience in marketing and sales in various high profile industries.