Jon Loraine - Chairman

Jonathon Loraine has over 30 years of senior level mining industry operational and commercial experience in Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Australasia. This has encompassed exploration management, project development and financing, and operational management across all sectors of the resources industry.

Alan Bye - Director

Alan Bye is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of CRC ORE Ltd.

His experience spans roles from exploration geology, mine management and international specialist consultancy within the minerals industry to leading the growth of world renowned, multi-discipline research centres.

Andrew Logan - Director

Andrew’s experience in the mining and civil industry ranges across multiple disciplines including business step change & improvement projects, investment management, project management, technical leadership, Ore Reserve evaluation, geotechnical engineering and mine planning. His experience spans civil engineering, open pit mining; and underground mining techniques including selective and bulk techniques.

Bill te Kloot - Director

Bill te Kloot is a highly experienced executive with a broad background in all aspects of financial and administration management and corporate governance. This experience has been gained in a wide selection of industries (sugar, coal, retail, waste management, marine transport and technology) and in both public and private companies.

Chris Moran - Director

Professor Chris Moran is the Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland.
Chris started with a degree in agriculture and a PhD in soil science and digital image processing from the University of Sydney. He worked as a natural resource scientist doing spatial science in the CSIRO for 16 years. He has been involved in minerals industry water and sustainability research since 2004. He has published around 80 articles in scientific journals, technical reports and a significant number of commercial and government information papers and popular media reports.

Don McKee - Director

Don McKee has over 40 years experience in the mining and minerals industry and related fields.

For over three decades, Don held roles which were responsible for the leadership and business development of the mining and engineering research and education activities across The University of Queensland.

Don was personally responsible for the establishment of JK Tech in 1986, in 1997 he became the first full time Director of the Sir James Foots Institute of Minerals Resources and was responsible for the development its' successor, the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), after successfully receiving funding from the Queensland State Government and The University of Queensland.
 

Gavin Yeates - Director

Gavin is currently the Vice President of Minerals resource Development at BHP Billiton.

He has over 30 years of experience with BHP and BHPBilliton in mining and related fields at a variety of locations with a variety of commodities, in operations, planning, and consulting, and more recently in management and executive roles with exposure to all aspects of the mining business.

Ian Mackinnon - Director

Professor Ian Mackinnon has many years experience in technology transfer including founder and executive director of a start-up company – NanoChem Pty Ltd – which developed environmentally friendly new materials for the chemicals and wastewater-treatment industries. Before this, he was Professor and Foundation Director of the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis and Director of Advanced Ceramics Development, UniQuest Pty Ltd, both at The University of Queensland.

Mark Neville - Company Secretary

Mark Neville is the Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary for CRC ORE Ltd.

The principal role of a company secretary is to support the Board of Directors and oversee the various governance functions of the company. The secretary carries out administrative functions and, together with any director of the company, may execute documents on behalf of the company. A company secretary has ostensible authority to bind the company in administrative matters.