• Mark Noppé, board chair of SRK Global and managing director of SRK Consulting Australia Mark is a leading consultant in geosciences and the mining industry, with over 30 years of experience. He provides advice, training and mentoring in all aspects of orebody knowledge, including exploration, data assessment, mineral resource reporting, mine geology and grade control, and reserve generation inputs and reconciliation.

• Tim McGurk, group CEO of SRK Global and chairman of SRK Consulting UK Tim has over 30 years of international experience in engineering and management with SRK and for major and mid-tier mining houses. His experience includes mine engineering design, mine construction project management, mine management and management of technical and feasibility studies. His experience includes stoping and caving methods. He has also managed several large, multidisciplinary technical studies in gold, diamonds, iron ore, copper, lithium, potash, polyhalite and uranium throughout Europe, Africa, Russia and the Nordic region.

• Vis Reddy, managing director of SRK Consulting SA With almost 30 years of experience in environmental geochemistry and air quality management, Vis has worked in waste management, modelling and impact assessments, sub-surface contamination assessments and remediation, due-diligence investigations, environmental auditing, aqueous geochemistry and waste classification.

• Ivan Doku, country manager of SRK Consulting Ghana Ivan has over 13 years of experience in quality assurance and quality control in geological measurements. His specialisations include geological modelling, mineral resource estimation and due diligence auditing, and he has worked extensively in technical studies of mineral assets across the African continent.

• Dr Tim Lucks, managing director of SRK Consulting UK Tim has over 18 years of experience in a combination of exploration and mineral resource geology, the delivery of multidisciplinary technical studies and audits, and technical advisory services. He specialises in the development and management of exploration and resource programmes, due diligence, and studies ranging from scoping to feasibility level in line with international best practices and the reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves in accordance with International Reporting Codes.

• Pengfei Xiao, managing director of SRK Consulting China Pengfei is a consulting geoscientist with 15 years’ experience in over 150 projects in China, Mongolia, Africa, America, and southeast and central Asia. He specialises in mineral exploration, geological modelling, resource estimation as well as project evaluation.