Presently, Andrew Lehane Richards holds the position of Executive Chairman of Big River Gold Ltd. Mr. Richards is also on the board of Tana Minerals Pty Ltd., Arc Resources Pty Ltd., MMI SARL (Madagascar) and MRE Mining (Mauritius) Ltd. and Member of Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Member of Australian Institute of Co. Directors, Member of Society of Economic Geologists and Member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

In the past Mr. Richards was Non-Executive Chairman at Yari Minerals Ltd., Managing Director at Dragon Mountain Gold Ltd., Chief Executive Officer for Red Mountain Mining Ltd., Chief Geologist at Telfer Gold Mine and Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd.