Our People

Mr Solomon has practised as a commercial/corporate lawyer in Western Australia for more than 25 years. During that time he has had a very broad range of experience in mining, technology, corporate, commercial, finance and property law. He has been involved in advising many companies on a wide range of projects and joint ventures in many parts of the world and has had extensive international experience in commercial negotiation on a wide range of projects.

For many years he has been involved in the mining/exploration industry, as both a legal adviser and as a participant and director on various mining projects in Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. He was involved, as both a legal adviser and as a director, in the establishment and floating of two mining/exploration companies and has held several public company directorships over a period of more than 15 years. He has been a director of Tasman Resources NL since the time of its incorporation in 1987.

Doug has had extensive experience in many areas of law including real property, property development law, strata titles law, conveyancing and settlements, finance and securities, leasing, planning and environmental law, corporations law and business associations, commercial law, construction law, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, contract law, statutory interpretation, franchising, administrative law, recoveries, insolvency, trusts, trade practices and competition and consumer law, insurance and torts law, public and professional liability and general legal services.

His work in all these areas has covered many major commercial and litigious matters and has involved a very wide range of international, national, governmental and local clients. Doug has acted and continues to act as a director of a number of public companies.

Doug has appeared as counsel in all Western Australian and federal courts (including the High Court) and tribunals on a very wide range of commercial and other litigation matter

Mr. Richardson is currently a Director RM Capital Pty Ltd and is actively involved in a range of corporate activities on behalf of RM Capital. Mr. Richardson has been actively involved in the development, documentation negotiation and marketing of a number of successful financial instruments that have encompassed various sectors of the investment market.

His experience has been gained predominantly from the front end of these commercial transactions that have included complex negotiations between various government departments, both domestic and international, on behalf of investment projects. Mr. Richardson was has been employed as a specialist business development executive in some of the most successful national financial services organisations.

Several of these investment companies have since become listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. He has gained extensive experience in evaluating investment opportunities, structuring projects and negotiating financial transactions to meet the expectations of the investment market, in particular the retail public.

Mr Richardson holds a Diploma in Financial planning from Deakin University in Victoria.

Mr Le Page is an Executive Director of Conico, having joined the board in March 2006. He is also currently a Director & Corporate Adviser of RM Corporate Finance and is actively involved in a range of corporate initiatives from mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings to valuations, consulting and corporate advisory roles. Mr Le Page was Head of Research at Morgan Stockbroking Limited (Perth) prior to joining Tolhurst Noall as a Corporate Advisor in July of 1998. As Head of Research, Mr Le Page was responsible for the supervision of all Industrial and Resources Research. As a Resources Analyst, Mr Le Page published detailed research on various mineral exploration and mining companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The majority of this research involved valuations of both exploration and production assets. Prior to entering the stockbroking industry, he spent 10 years as an exploration and mining geologist in Australia, Canada and the United States. His experience spans gold and base metal exploration and mining geology, and he has acted as a consultant to private and public companies. This professional experience included the production of both technical and valuation reports for resource companies. Mr Le Page holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science and a Masters’ Degree in Business Administration from the University of Adelaide, a Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) from the Curtin University of Technology, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Securities Institute of Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from Kaplan.

Tom is a geologist educated at the Australian National University. He has over 15 years’ experience in the mineral exploration industry, in both technical and corporate capacities. In 2008 employed as exploration manager for Platina Resources Ltd, Tom began operating in Greenland, managing and conducting development and exploration activities. He later founded Longland Resources Ltd in 2016, a Greenland focused explorer that was acquired by Conico Ltd in 2020. Tom has an intimate knowledge of Greenland and how to operate in country. Tom has held senior positions (managing director and exploration manager) with listed and private explorers, operating in locations spanning 4 continents. He has been involved in the discovery of new mineral resources, notably the Rukwa Helium Project for Helium One Ltd which he was co-founder.