Neil Warburton is an experienced mining executive with more than four decades of industry experience. He began his career with Western Mining Corporation before holding senior leadership positions with Coolgardie Gold NL and Barminco Limited, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2012. Under his leadership, Barminco grew to become Australia and West Africa’s largest underground hard rock mining contractor.

Following Barminco, Mr Warburton joined the Creasy Group and played a key role in IGO Limited’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Sirius Resources. He has since held executive and non-executive positions across a number of ASX-listed and private companies and currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Nimy Resources Limited and Vantage Metals Limited, and as a Non-Executive Director of Antipa Minerals Limited.