Directors

In addition to a distinguished career with BHP, John’s industry positions have included:

• Director of the Energy Users Association of Australia Pty Ltd.

• Chairman of the Qld Major Gas Users Group.

• Chairman of the Nth West Qld Gas Users Group.

• Chair of the BHP Energy Forum Group.

• Member of the ACARP Greenhouse Gas committee.

John has also been pivotal as:

• Lead manager for studies and sale contracts for reprocessed coal rejects and coal tailings.

• Working with industry and industry bodies to develop combined strategies.

• Working with research groups in addressing emissions.

• Negotiating and coordinating with Federal & State Government on Energy issues.

David has over 38 years of experience in coal geology from exploration planning to mine site operations and for 3 years he was the Coal Geoscience Manager with the Queensland Geological Survey, leading a team evaluating the current and future coal resources in Queensland. He has a broad knowledge of Queensland coal resources and industry and also has experience in Mongolia, Canada and Indonesia.

David provides knowledgeable exploration management, data management and interpretation, geological evaluation, assessment and reporting on coal projects. He can provide Due Diligence, Technical Audits, IGRs, Project Reviews, and a variety of other studies and reports. David has been jointly awarded 3 ACARP project grants which included an evaluation of acoustic scanners and the development of CoalLog.

David is also the current Chair of the Bowen Basin Geologist’s Group and Chair of the 2021 Bowen Basin Symposium Organising Committee.

Patrick has over 20 years' experience in underground coal mining operations, feasibility management and mining research. Patrick has led major project feasibility studies for Adani Mining Australia, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, Vale and Mount Isa Mines (now Glencore) to identify, develop and deliver high capacity underground coal mines in a timely manner.

Patrick has a solid background in underground coal production including roles as Longwall Superintendent, Technical Services Superintendent and Ventilation Officer at a number of Queensland mines. He has extensive expertise in the development, implementation and management of Principal Hazard Management Plans for Ventilation, Gas, Mine fires and Spontaneous combustion. Patrick has been a leader in the development and application of innovative inertisation techniques for the prevention of spontaneous combustion in underground coal mines resulting in increased safety and productivity in Queensland coal mines.

Hamish is an environment and sustainability professional with over 20 years in a diversity of executive and operational roles across the consulting, resources, and infrastructure sectors and across all states and territories of Australia and in New Zealand and Singapore.

His experience is across the full project lifecycle from feasibility & financing through to commissioning & operations, with project experience across the water, civil, building, mining, rail, port, telecommunications, and energy sectors.

Hamish has developed and implemented approvals and engagement strategies for complex and challenging projects and has experience with Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Commonwealth planning and approvals processes.

Andrew Huston is a Project / Construction / Engineering Outage manager having directly managed over A$1B worth of project / outage work with a majority of these being brown field projects. This capability extends across the mining industry (coal, copper, gold and uranium), power generation (hydro & thermal) as well as LNG study manager experience.

This unique experience has fostered the development of an in-depth understanding of what is required to deliver a successful project, right from the study phase through to commissioning and handover. The project management experience is supported with seven years in maintenance as a workshop supervisor or mechanical engineer within the power and mining industries.

Robert has worked in both technical and line management roles as well as management and director roles. Robert has previously owned and operated a transaction management business and has owned and operated his own mining projects.

Robert’s core skills include:

Legal qualification and engineering background to ensure that financial models are evidence based, reflect the reality of contractual arrangements in place and take account of the variability of mining scenarios.

Strong contract negotiation skills informed by real world experience in developing mining projects from concept, through pre-feasibility and feasibility stages while managing the interests of multiple stakeholders.

Chris has a background in electronic engineering, industrial design and more than 10 years in the spatial industry as both a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consultant and the GIS lead for a large multi-disciplinary mining, infrastructure and logistics projects.

Chris has deployed and managed geoscientific information management solutions, enterprise GIS infrastructure and web GIS tools using platforms such as Micromine's GeoBank, Esri's ArcGIS suite and Latitude Geographics' Geocortex. Chris’ cartographic products have underpinned Environmental Impact Statements, Mining Lease Applications and Prospectus publications.