John Libby is a geologist with over 20 years industry experience specialising in the exploration for, and development of, metalliferous deposits. As Exploration Manager for PacMin Mining Pty Ltd (Tarmoola and Carosue Dam projects) and Batavia Mining Pty Ltd (Gullewa Gold Project) he successfully oversaw large increases in resources/reserves, the definition and development of satellite orebodies and the completion of feasibility studies. As Senior Geologist with Normandy Gold Pty Ltd he was a member of the team that discovered the Chariot gold deposit in Tennant Creek. During his 5 years as Senior Research Geologist at WMCs Leinster Nickel Operation, Mr Libby gained an in depth knowledge of nickel sulphide mineralisation and komaiite volcanology, and specialised in the exploration, mining and processing of nickel ore.
Mr Libby has worked closely with metallurgists and mining engineers at operations and during feasibility studies to optimise the processing/extraction of gold, nickel and chromite ores, and to determine optimal mining and processing flow sheets for new developments.
In addition to direct industry experience, Mr Libby has a very strong technical background and has co-authored numerous technical papers on the structural controls on gold mineralisation, nickel deposits and regional structural relationships in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia.
Mr Libby is proficient with a wide range of industry software packages.
Mr Libby is Managing Director of New World Energy Limited, an Australian geothermal energy company, and Director of Energy Fuels Australia Pty Ltd and Universal Energy Corporation Pty Ltd. He is Secretary of Geoconferences WA (Inc), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of Pre-cambrian geoscience through the running of conferences and symposia, is a Committee Member of the UWA Geology Alumni, and represents the Australian Geothermal Energy Association on the GSWA Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Technical Sub-Committee. |
