Exploration & Project Professional.
A geologist by training, Tim has been in the industry for over 35 years, focusing on globally significant projects through advanced exploration, feasibility & development and has a proven record of accomplishment of delivery.
Tim has Operational & Country Management experience, has operated in several Executive (C suite) & Board positions and has well-developed CSR & Government Relations skills, alongside an expansive technical knowledge of project and company management. He has worked across mid-tier & major mining sectors.
Working extensively in Africa from the late 1980’s, Tim was involved with the exploration and development of the Nkomati Nickel Mine (South Africa) and the Kabanga Nickel Project (Tanzania).
After returning to base himself in Europe, Tim set up Barrick Gold’s Eurasian Exploration team, focusing on the porphyry and epithermal deposits in the Tethyan Belt. In addition, Tim initiated and managed Barrick Gold’s Global Drill Support & Technology team, with responsibility for global exploration drilling programmes, contracting and HSE.
Most recently Tim focused on the Middle East and Asia, working as Project Director, and later as CEO of Tethyan Copper Company’s Reko Diq project in Pakistan (a Joint Venture between Barrick Gold and Antofagasta Minerals).
He has also acted as Managing Director (Saudi Arabia) for Barrick, on the Jabal Sayid Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia.
In 2014, Tim took the opportunity to get involved in the small and mid cap sector, acting as COO at Reservoir Minerals in Serbia and West Africa, Serbian MD for Nevsun Resources and latterly as CEO at Oriole Resources, where he led a complete rebranding of the company, taking them into Cameroon and the discovery of a new gold district.
Having set up his own consultancy in 2014, Tim stepped into a more advisory focused role in 2024, undertaking several Non-Executive Board roles with companies including Metals Exploration PLC, Montero Mining & Exploration, Alpha Exploration and most recently as Chair at Ankh Resources.
Qualifications
- Prof. Qualifications BSc (Geology) – Honours, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Professional Memberships
- Fellow – The Geological Society (FGS)
- Member – Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (M.AusIMM)
Full resume available by contacting Tim at the email below.
