Peter Nichols is the Senior Mining Engineer at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mine. He has worked within the Mining industry for over 11 years and gained experience in both large scale Sub Level Open Stoping and Sub Level Caving mining methods.

Peter Knights is Professor of Mining Engineering with the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at The University of Queensland. He has 30 years experience in applied mining research working in Australia, Canada and Chile. He research specialities include; mine maintenance, novel mining systems and mine planning.

Stewart's career spans 40 years in the petroleum and mining industries across technical, operations and executive management. For the past decade he has focused on restructuring of distressed resource sector companies and investment due diligence on behalf of private equity funds and governments. He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering plus Masters in Mining Engineering and Applied Finance.