Christopher Chris Gerteisen

Mr Gerteisen has over 25 years of experience as an economic geologist and executive with record of managing and advancing resource companies and projects across North America, Australia, and Asia. Mr Gerteisen's work experience spans greenfields from discovery through to production stage and other projects with a focus on commodities including gold and copper. He worked as a geologist on the Carlin Trend in Nevada and on exploration in Alaska with Newmont. He has held senior positions within several projects throughout the goldfields of Western Australia. As a research geologist with Newmont Mr Gerteisen worked on the Batu Hijau Porhryry Cu-Au deposit in Indonesia. Most recently, through his technical contributions and management skills, Mr Gerteisen played role in the start-up, operations, and exploration which resulted in further mine-life extending discoveries at several prominent projects in the Australasian region, including Oxiana's Sepon and PanAust's Phu Bia in Laos.