What would a Global mining expert know?, page-2

Not hard to find asx rules either...

“According to the ASX council, independent directors are not members of management and are free of any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with – or could reasonably be perceived to interfere with – the independent exercise of their judgement. They hold less than five per cent of stock in the company and have not worked in an executive capacity for the company or an associated company for at least three years.”