Phil Sharman is Process Engineering Specialist at Newmont with over 20 years of mineral processing experience. Holding a Bachelor of Extractive Metallurgy (Hons), Phil has extensive knowledge of copper, gold, molybdenum and nickel flotation as well as experience in comminution, gravity separation, leaching, dewatering, geometallurgy and metallurgical accounting. Phil has been employed in a variety of site based and corporate roles, with involvement in laboratory test work design, piloting, commissioning, day to day production, circuit upgrades, governance and expansion studies.

Rhys Jones is a Principal Metallurgist with BHP Copper South Australia.

Metallurgist at the Deflector Gold-Copper Project (Vault Minerals), Western Australia with academic and industrial experience in geology, process mineralogy, flotation and grinding across Mexico and Australia sites.