Mr Hughes is an Economic Geologist with 30 years’ resources industry experience and was previously Managing Director and CEO of Yandal Resources Ltd (2018-2022) and South Boulder Mines Ltd (2008–2013) during highly successful periods. At South Boulder Mines Ltd, he was responsible for the discovery and initial development of the world class Colluli potash project in Eritrea. He has comprehensive mining, development and exploration experience from working on numerous projects in Australia and in overseas locations including Malaysia, Indonesia and Africa. His specific commodity experience includes gold, potash, uranium, vanadium and base metals. His corporate and technical expertise includes capital raising, company promotion, corporate strategy, feasibility study delivery, geological Resource definition/expansion and mine planning.