Dr Etheridge is a geologist with over 30 years experience in exploration, mining, consulting and research. He has specialised in the structural controls on the localisation of mineral deposits and has been involved with Victorian gold deposits since the mid 1970's. Until 2004, Mr Etheridge was Chairman of SRK Consulting (Australasia), having co-founded its predecessor Etheridge Henley Williams in 1990. Dr Etheridge is an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, where he has been leading an industry collaborative research project into improving the management of risk and value in mineral exploration. He is currently a Director of TSX-V listed Geoinformatics Exploration Inc, Consolidated Minerals Ltd and AIM listed companies Ariana Resources Limited and Van Dieman Mines Plc. He was a Non-Executive Director of Ballarat Goldfields NL. Age 60.
Dr Etheridge is a member of the Safety and Technical Committee. |