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Dean has 43 years’ experience in mineral processing testwork, operations, management and consulting. His expertise covers most aspects of mineral processing technology. Dean has fulfilled roles as Manager Process at Wood for 2 years, Process Consultant for 6 years, Technical Director of Process for 9 years and is now a Senior Consultant (Casual) in the Wood Process Group. He has had been involved in a large majority of the mineral processing studies and projects conducted by Wood (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler and Minproc) in the past 21 years, typically in consulting and reviewing capacities. Dean’s expertise includes comminution, classification, geometallurgy, scrubbing, direct ship iron ore, iron ore concentrate circuits (magnetite and magnetite plus hematite), laterite beneficiation, mine to mill optimisation, dense media separation, mineral sands processing, flotation, plant modelling (especially the use of JKSimMet), detailed process review, ore characterisation interpretation, sampling, plant surveys, testwork program design and testwork management.

Sanchita holds a double degree in Chemical Engineering (Honours) and Science (Biotechnology) from the University of Adelaide, along with international experience from the University of Guelph in Canada. With a passion for sustainability and innovation, she is driven to engineer solutions that make a positive impact in industry. Her career experience spans across diverse industries, from renewables research and glass manufacturing to technology consulting and mining with major companies like OI Glass, Accenture ANZ and BHP. She began her journey in the mining industry at Olympic Dam in Copper SA with BHP, where she has worked across the concentrator, copper, gold and silver refining processes as a Production Support Metallurgist. Her previous role as a Commissioning Metallurgist, saw her contribute to the successful delivery of a Greenfields Hydrometallurgical Ion Exchange Plant. Currently, as a Development Metallurgist, Sanchita is focused on developing and executing operational and CAPEX projects aimed at boosting revenue, improving process stability and enhancing cost efficiency across unit operations.

Chevaun is a Geologist with over 20 years of industry experience, spanning roles in mine geology, resource estimation, project management, exploration and more recently Resource Governance. One of Chevaun’s most significant achievements includes the creation of the Geology Department in the first commercial underground gold mine in Ecuador. For the past 5-years Chevaun has worked for Newmont/Newcrest as Manager Resource Governance, overseeing Reconciliation and QAQC standards and supporting the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves reporting for the company. The central focus of this role has been to identify value adding opportunities across the entire mining value chain using reconciliation processes.

Reg, a native of Kojonup, WA, boasts a remarkable career spanning over 25 years in the metallurgy and gold mining industry. From humble beginnings on a farm, Reg's journey led him to study Chemistry and Extractive Metallurgy at Murdoch University. Embarking on his career as a Vacation Student at the Telfer Gold Mine in 1997 he has since held key roles at various gold operations across Australia and currently serves as the Principal Specialist Metallurgy for Gold Fields overseeing the Agnew, StIves, Granny Smith and Gruyere processing operations. Consistently championing the training of Graduate, Plant and Senior Metallurgists, promoting back-to-basics principles while driving innovation and in the field.

Peter Munro graduated in Applied Chemistry from the University of Adelaide working in production and technical roles in both the Lead-Zinc Concentrator and Copper Concentrator of Mount Isa Mines Limited from 1970 to 1985. He was the Minerals Processing Research Manager from 1985 to 1987 and the Lead-Zinc Concentrator Manager from 1987 to 1993. From 1993 to 2000 Peter was as an "internal consultant" with M.I.M. Holdings Limited From 2000 to mid-2016 he was a Senior Principal Consulting Engineer with Mineralurgy Pty Ltd, a specialist processing consultancy. Since mid-2016 he has been a Principal Consultant with Mineralis Consultants Pty Ltd.