Gabriel is a geologist with 16+ years of experience in exploration, mining, and academia. He has worked at AngloGold Ashanti (Exploration Manager), Colossus Minerals (Serra Pelada Au-PGE deposit), and as a 3D modelling consultant (Leapfrog expert). His expertise spans mineral exploration, geological modelling, resource evaluation, and directional drilling. He has a strong background in mineral systems, applied mineralogy, geochemistry, and analytical techniques (EMPA, LA-ICPMS, fluid inclusions). Gabriel holds a master’s from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich, and has held research roles at the University of Helsinki and the Federal University of Ceará. His work covers diverse mineral systems, including sediment-hosted (Au-PGE, magnesite), magmatic-hydrothermal (pegmatites, Sn-W granites), IOCG, and orogenic gold, with additional contributions to agriculture and fertilisers.

Tobias Bamforth is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash University, whose research interests revolve around low-temperature geochemical systems with specific regards to critical metals and minerals. His work spans between the characterisation of natural ore deposits and samples, and experimental studies of critical minerals (mostly pertaining to the rare earth elements, REEs) to elucidate their natural formation conditions, chemical variations and relevance to mineralisation. His work also focusses on the application of multivariate statistical analyses to define large-scale regolith-hosted REE deposits, as a means to assist in the characterisation of challenging clay-rich ore samples and to develop a better understanding of the conditions that lead to REE mineralisation during supergene alteration.

Natalee is a geologist and geometallurgist with over 15 years' experience in mineral exploration and geometallurgy. Her PhD was completed in 2012 at CODES, University of Tasmania as part of the AMIRA P843 project focusing on improving and predicting metallurgical performance through mineralogy and textural relationships. Natalee was most recently with Northern Star for 7 years as a Senior Exploration Geologist for their Carbine project in Kalgoorlie, developing and delivering resources for the Paradigm, Phantom, Anthill and Carbine deposits prior to the sale of the project. Natalee worked as an exploration geologist and geometallurgist for Independance Group at the Stockman and Jaguar projects where she was part of the discovery team of the Triumph VHMS deposit. Natalee has been with Critica Limited (formerly Venture Minerals) as a Senior Exploration Geologist for the Brothers REE project since April 2024.

Dr Jessica Walsh is the Project Leader of the Accelerating Development of Australia’s Rare Earth Resources (ADARER) project at Geoscience Australia, which operates under a funding envelope of the Australian Critical Minerals Research & Development (R&D) Hub. This project is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), with ANSTO as the lead partner. The ADARER project at Geoscience Australia aims to develop comprehensive mineral system models associated with priority REE deposits (clay-hosted REE deposits), which will provide insights into the geological processes and conditions that govern their formation. Jessica is passionate about increasing and improving knowledge of Australia's REE mineral systems, and expanding the geological understanding of their potential, thereby improving investment confidence for new exploration and discovery in Australia.

Adrian has over 20 years’ experience in geological consulting, including 15 years’ in geological modelling and resource estimation. Experience ranges from exploration planning and execution through to geological databases, geostatistics and modelling. Adrian has diverse international consulting experience, having completed exploration and mining projects in South Africa, Canada, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mongolia, Wyoming, Turkey, Botswana and New Zealand. Background in site based mine support work including geological and geophysical work. Experience includes vanadium, Rare Earth Elements (REE), High Purity Aluminium (HPA), tungsten/molybdenum, silver/lead, copper/gold, iron ore, coal, coal seam gas (CSG/CBM), underground coal gasification (UCG), oil shale, and aggregate projects. Background in exploration geophysics and CSG government compliance reporting. Adrian is a sedimentary vanadium specialist - With vanadium an important part of the renewable energy landscape, Vanadium’s significant in Queensland’s Battery and Critical Minerals pathway. Over more than a decade, providing geological expert support sedimentary vanadium and Toolebuc Formations projects. Project generation, exploration design and implementation, resource evaluations (JORC / NI43-101), mining lease application support, SS/PFSDFS/BFS studies