Mr Stewart has over 30 years of international legal and commercial experience, particularly in the resources industry, in Africa, Asia, North America and Australia.

Mr Stewart worked as an in-house lawyer for Anglo American plc for over ten years. Mr Stewart has strong commercial experience in the junior mining and resources sector having been involved in the management of several junior listed resource companies from 2003 in a variety of roles including Vice President- Corporate Development, Managing Director, Executive and Non-Executive Director and Chairman .

Mr Stewart holds a Bachelor of Journalism majoring in Journalism and Law from Rhodes University (South Africa) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.