A Chartered Professional Engineer with 30 years diverse operations experience, both as contractor and client.Underground, open pit and minerals processing background at senior and General manager level, able to liaise at all levels from operations to board level.Minerals background, copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt, uranium.Strong community, Safety and environmental focus.Robert is a qualified Mechanical engineer and mechanical tradesperson, with broad experience base across the whole spectrum of hard rock mining and mineral processing, both in Australia and Overseas. Additional qualifications include, Diploma in Management, Graduate Diploma in Engineering ( Maintenance Management).Robert has lead business wide improvements in operational performance, business processes, systems and regulatory compliance.