Janine first joined the AusIMM in 1991 and was admitted as a Fellow in 2009. She was elected to the AusIMM Board in 2013, re-elected for a second term in 2015 and was announced as the AusIMM President for 2019 during Congress in April 2018. Janine has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland. She has more than 25 years’ experience in the resources industry, encompassing executive management, consulting, technical and production roles, across base metals, uranium, precious metals and industrial minerals. Janine believes the strength of AusIMM lies in the diversity of multidisciplinary membership and geographical locations, including the regional branches and specialty societies. She is a keen ambassador for the AusIMM upholding itself as ‘the trusted voice’, for re-establishing the relevance of AusIMM to all industry professionals and continuing the work already underway via AusIMM’s Future Directions strategy.

As the Executive Vice President of Texas-based, Uranium Energy Corporation, Mr. Melbye holds key responsibilities in Uranium Marketing and Sales, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. With Uranium Royalty Corp., he is a co-founder of the company launched in 2017, and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Additionally, he recently completed an Advisory role to the Chairman of JSC National Atomic Company, Kazatomprom, focusing on the Marketing and Sales activities of the world’s largest uranium mining company as part of their corporate-wide transformation process. He also managed the commercial aspects of Uranium Participation Corp. for Denison Mines through September 2018. Scott is a 35-year veteran of the uranium industry having led the global marketing and sales function of industry leaders, Cameco (President, Cameco Inc.) and Uranium One (Senior VP – Marketing). He began his career as a uranium broker for Nukem Inc., and subsequently, a nuclear fuel buyer for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. He is a former President of the Uranium Producers of America and the Chair of the World Nuclear Fuel Market Board of Governors. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Nuclear Engineering Program at the Colorado School of Mines.

Graduated with a BA in History (Hons) and then a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto, Canada Practised law with McCarthy Tetrault (a major Canadian law firm) in Toronto for seven years While on a legal matter in Australia became interested in the burgeoning mining industry there and founded Pancontinental Mining Ltd in 1970, which discovered Jabiluka in 1971. Emigrated to Australia to build Pancontinental (leaving legal practice), settled in Sydney in 1972 Became an Australian citizen in 1989 Built Pancontinental into a major publicly listed diversified mining house with interests in gold, base metals, rare earth minerals, coal, industrial minerals, petroleum, and uranium. Besides Jabiluka, it discovered and developed Paddington, a gold orebody near Kalgoorlie, and the Wodgina tantalum orebody in WA. It developed the Kunwarara magnesite ore orebody in Queensland. Founded Pancontinental Petroleum Ltd in Australia and Pancontinental Oil Ltd in Calgary, Alberta, both public companies producing oil and natural gas Was a member of the Business Council of Australia Was Chairman of the World Nuclear Association, a world-wide association of uranium producers and consumers headquartered in London (formerly the Uranium Institute) Was a founding director of the World Gold Council Was a director of the International Nuclear Law Association Sold shares in and retired from Pancontinental Was a director of National Mutual Royal Bank for 4 years Was Chairman of Kingsgate Consolidated, a producing gold mining company listed on the ASX for 4 years Was a member of the International Advisory Council of Degussa AG, a large public German metals, pharmaceutical and chemical company for 5 years Was a director of the Australian Opera for 17 years Was a director of the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney for 5 years Was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales for 9 years Was a member of the advisory committee of the Benevolent Society In 1992 financed and became Executive Chairman of Polartechnics Ltd., an ASX listed biomedical company developing a revolutionary Australian invention of an opto-electronic means of diagnosing pre-cancer and cancer. The technology received several Australian Government science awards. Retired in 2003. Past National Chairman of the Brain Foundation, a medical charity offering community services and raising money for research in respect of physical disorders of the brain. Presently Vice Chairman. Involved in the Brain Foundation for over 25 years. For the last several years, worked as an author of books, articles and essays. Wrote Jabiluka, a book published in Australia about the struggle to develop the country’s vast uranium discoveries in light of environmental and Aboriginal Land Rights Issues Wrote East Wind, (From Greece to the Great Wall), a book published in Australia about a journey of cultural experience in Greece, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang and the Silk Road Wrote Seven Gateways, a book published in Australia about seven places with outstanding spiritual significance, ranging from Aboriginal animism to Buddhism in the Himalayas Wrote The Tortoise in Asia, a historical fiction story of Roman soldiers who came along the Silk Road after the Battle of Carrhae in 53BCE Wrote articles about the mining industry published in various journals and books Wrote and gave papers to numerous international mining conferences Wrote articles published in the Australian Financial Review Wrote articles for the Financial Review monthly magazine in Australia about places visited Currently writing essays Was awarded an AM in the 2016 Australia Day honours

Kathy, FAusIMM(CP), completed a PhD in Geology from the University of California- Berkeley in 1991 and left San Francisco in 1992 to join the former WMC as a research geologist to work on the genesis of the Olympic Dam deposit, and to provide mineralogical support to metallurgy. In 2006, she moved to Adelaide to lead the development of a geometallurgy program. In 2017, she received a Professional Excellence Award from the AusIMM and a degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa from Flinders University in recognition of her contribution to the geological and geometallurgical understanding of the Olympic Dam deposit.