Michael's main research interests have developed from issues arising from current perceptions of the “Human-Scale Mine”. This mine would have a reduced geographic footprint, it would have zero discharge into the receiving environment, it would operate in social harmony with affected communities and persons, it would generate wealth from the ground for the first time and share this wealth and generate prosperity for the broader community.

Greg is recognised globally as a leader in the fields of cost effective design, comminution, concentrator design and project development and manages the programs at Ausenco that underpins their ability to provide ingenious solutions to clients. Greg is a global leader in the fields of project development, comminution and concentrator design and in his role as Chief Technical Officer, manages the programs at Ausenco that underpins the companies ability to provide ingenious solutions that redefine what's possible for minerals processing.

Dr Kathy Ehrig has worked continuously as a geoscientist at Olympic Dam (one of the world’s largest metalliferous ore deposits) over the past 30 years. She leads the team who continue to develop and expand the metallurgical performance predictors (i.e. geometallurgical models) which are used for production through to life-of-asset planning. The geometallurgical data is also used to support plant diagnostic studies, productivity improvement opportunities and to sustainably reduce the cost of producing marketable metals. This role also includes identifying potential new revenue metals (e.g. green technology critical metals) or ones which may pose environmental challenges in the future.