Mr Young (48) is a geologist and a graduate of Queens University, Canada with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geological Sciences. After two years of uranium and gold exploration and mining in Canada, he emigrated to Australia in 1987. From 1991, he worked for Dominion Mining Limited and headed the team who pegged the Justin- Case gold, and Abednego nickel prospects. He then moved onto work with Mining and Resource Technology which became part of Golder Associates from 1994 to 2003.
During that time, he carried out resource modelling, due diligence, QA/QC, and feasibility work on a wide variety of deposits and commodities. These included Century Zinc, Escondida Copper in Chile, and Koolyanobbing iron mine at Southern Cross. In 2003 he joined Cazaly Resources as Exploration Manager where he was responsible for exploration and resource development of Cazaly's various projects. He was a founding director of Bannerman Resources Limited. Mr Young's experience has a strong focus on exploration, resource definition and development.
He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, the Australasian Institue of Mining and Metallurgy, and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
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