Michael brings 15 years of research and development experience in the process technology space. His extensive expertise spans multiple commodities, including nickel, vanadium, titanium, uranium, and gold, specialising in collaborating with mining and mineral technology companies to develop innovative processes, and up-scale technologies from the laboratory to industrial implementation. In recent years, he has focused on flow sheet development and piloting for high-purity critical minerals, to support the establishment of domestic downstream battery materials industries. Most recently this has included leading the CSIRO team contributing to the Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant (C4P).

Damian is a Consulting Engineer managing a multidisciplinary engineering team with extensive experience in the gold, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel, lithium, vanadium and iron ore industries with particular emphasis on gold. Experience has been gained in plant operations feasibility studies, detailed design, construction and commissioning, and all unit operations. He is an internationally recognised specialist in Mineral Processing and Hydrometallurgy having worked in North and South America, South East Asia, Africa and Europe and is highly sought after as an International Expert. The last +30 years working as a Principal Consulting Engineer on many resource projects and for mining, banking and engineering companies has provided a broad range of experience. Damian is a Registered Expert Witness and has been engaged on many cases. He is the author of over 220 technical papers on mineral processing, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy.

Rob is a qualified chemical Engineer with more than 15 years of experience within the mining and resources sector. He has been involved in the design and implementation of projects involving lithium, mineral sands, tin and tantalum. Rob was the Process Manager during the development of the Greenbushes CGP1, CGP2 and CGP3 Projects for Talison Lithium, as well as the Lithium Hydroxide Processing Plant for Tianqi Lithium.

Brendan graduated from the University of Western Australia with first class honours and a PhD on rare earth extraction. Today Brendan advises on all aspects of patent attorney work – from drafting specifications for new technologies to enforcement work, as well as providing patent validity and infringement opinions. His patent practice covers a range of technologies in the broad chemical arena including chemical engineering and chemical processing, with particular experience in the fields of material processing, metal treatment, metallurgy, mineral processing, purification methods, nanotechnology, reactions in supercritical fluids, water treatment and graphene formation. Brendan’s clients range from large multinational clients, and universities to start-ups. Brendan spent a number of years in in research with leading universities in Australia and the United Kingdom in the fields of macrocyclic chemistry and supercritical fields and is the author of several publications in international journals. Brendan enjoys the hands-on element of working with clients and their new technologies, helping them to navigate the complex global landscape of IP regimes.