Mr Thorne has over 20 years' experience mainly associated with gold, iron ore, copper and manganese with in Western Australia, Queensland, Brazil and West Africa. Mr Thorne has experience in all stages of regional and near-mine exploration project management, from conceptual targeting and ground acquisition through to resource definition drilling programs and open cut mining geology. Mr Thorne has held exploration and project management roles with a variety of major Australian and international companies including Mineral Resources Ltd, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Hancock Prospecting.
