Blackstone Minerals from Mining Exploration to Lithiation – “GREEN Nickel”

Mr Scott Williamson is a Mining Engineer with a Commerce degree from the West Australian School of Mines and Curtin University. Mr Williamson started his career as an underground mining engineer in the goldfields of Western Australia. Mr Williamson has recent experience in equity capital markets with previous roles as a Resources Analyst at Hartleys and Investor Relations Manager at Resolute Mining. Mr Williamson has a unique blend of experience in mining and finance with both corporate and technical capabilities.

Mr Strickland is an experienced Study and Project Manager, a Fellow of the AusIMM, University of WA MBA graduate, with undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy from Curtin and WASM.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr Strickland was a Senior Study Manager for GR Engineering Services where he was responsible for delivering a series of Scoping, PFS and DFS studies for both Australian and international projects, and over his career, he has held a variety of project development roles across both junior to mid-tier developers (including Straits Resources Ltd, Perseus Mining Ltd and Tiger Resources Ltd) and major multi-operation producers (South32).

Mr Strickland has a demonstrated history of developing mining & metals projects across commodity types including (base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals and iron ore), as well as broad understanding and experience in developing all aspects of mining projects including geology, mine design optimisation and planning, process infrastructure and non-process infrastructure design, environment approvals and permitting, marketing, project estimation, project financial analysis, and financing.