Mr Staley has 40 years of practical and management experience in mineral exploration and the mining of a wide range of commodities and mineralisation styles.
He began his career as a geologist with major companies in Australia and has since held global, regional and country leadership positions with mining and mining service companies.
His extensive experience includes projects in Australia, Zambia, Congo-Brazzaville and South-East Asia in which he led – or was part of – exploration teams engaged in the discovery, definition and evaluation of world-class mineral projects.
Mr Staley has also been accountable for business development and the sales of services and technical solutions to mineral resource companies in all geographies.