Laura has a strong foundation in all areas of business analysis, from strategy through to measuring organisational performance. With demonstrated strengths in financial analysis and benchmarking, she has a comprehensive understanding of the cost drivers of a mining operation. Since joining AMC’s business improvement group in August 2002, Laura has provided the mining cost modelling and revenue components of various Australian and international conceptual, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies across a range of commodities and mining methods.

Laura has also conducted numerous benchmarking and operational improvement studies which included detailed analysis of productivity and costs of operating underground and open-pit mines. She has also developed value driver trees to model mine to market costs, productivities and value. Prior to joining AMC, Laura gained hands-on experience as a mine geologist in data analysis, problem solving, quality assurance management systems, and managing drilling programs in underground and open pit operations.

Michelle has over 30 years of experience in Resources, Infrastructure, and Finance with leading global organisations. Her expertise spans high-level financial advisory, ESG, risk management, and board-level strategy planning. As a Fellow Chartered Accountant, she provides sharp financial insights into vast operations, enhancing business performance. Michelle brings a strong operational lens and commercial acumen, covering entire project life cycle from concept to operations and rehabilitation, together with over a decade of experience as an Executive Director and Joint Venture Committee Chair. She is currently a Non-Executive Director for the AusIMM and the Mark Hughes Foundation, as well as operating her own consultancy business.

Michelle has chaired several AusIMM committees, and has a special interest in diversity and inclusion, having won several awards at state, national and international levels. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, Governance Institute of Australia and Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Justice of the Peace in NSW.

Christian has more than 25 years of experience in the mining and extractive industries. Christian’s operational experience includes multi-site mine management, management of technical services and production departments, asset management of fixed and mobile plant and mine rehabilitation. His primary expertise is in management of low-cost, low-margin mining operations and operational improvement in mining. He is an accomplished mine operational management and development specialist who has been responsible for businesses with very large OPEX and CAPEX budgets and large workforces.

Adrian Pratt has a diverse background in mining projects that spans their evaluation, design, implementation, and operation. In 2014 he established own consultancy, which focuses on mineral project development in Australia and internationally. Prior to this he held senior technical support and operational roles with Ivanhoe Australia, Newcrest, BHP and Normandy Mining associated new projects.

Adrian holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of NSW and a Masters of Minerals & Energy Economics from Macquarie University, and Certificates of Competency as a Mine Manager. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy with Certified Professional (CP) accreditation, Member of the Institute of Engineers Australia with registration as a Certified Practicing Engineer and is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).

Peter is a co-founder of AMC Consultants, an international mining consultancy established in 1985. With more than 50 years of experience in the mining industry, Peter has been responsible for underground and open pit mine feasibility studies, mine valuations and technical studies for projects in Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa. He has published more than 60 technical papers and articles in his areas of interest and has served as a non-executive director of five public companies. He is a past President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and received the Beryl Jacka award in 2009.

Peter has held Mine Manager’s Certificates in Victoria and New South Wales and has degrees in Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics. He is a Life Member of the Sovereign Hill Museums Association, an Honorary Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Chartered Professional Engineer.

Peter has chaired several AusIMM committees and working groups, and has a special interest in mining heritage.

Neil is the Chairman and Founding Director of Enthalpy’s Australian, European and North & South American operations, as an independent Project Management services provider, since 1988.

Neil’s Project Management career has spanned almost four decades working as a Project Manager – Director on resource projects in most continents. Major projects have included Gordonstone Coal, Minera Alumbrera, Queensland Magnesium, Mt Isa Copper Smelter, sale of the Gladstone Power Station, Emu Downs Wind Farm, Anaconda Murrin- Murrin and the OPR – Crosslands Iron Ore project.

He has undertaken a variety of specialist advisory and Independent Peer Review assignments since 1988. These have included a wide range of Independent Peer Reviews and Expert Witness assignment for Reko Diq and Pascal Lama projects.

Neil’s speciality has including development and providing ‘best practice’ systems, procedures and reviews for multinational corporations including BHP Billiton, Barrick Gold, Antofagasta Minerals, Stanwell Energy, Cliff’s, MIM and Codelco. His focus since 1982 has been on defining the capital cost estimating standards in the mining sector.

Damian has more than 40 years of experience in the mining industry that includes broad operational and technical roles in management, maintenance, engineering, procurement and logistics. He has held a range of senior management roles in iron ore operations in Australia.

His focus in recent years with AMC has been on performance diagnostic studies, mining equipment asset management, selection and procurement, and cost estimations for global open-pit mining operations.