Nic Earner

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alkane Resources Limited, joined as Chief Operations Officer Aug 2013, appointed Managing Director 1 Sep 2017. Career: senior role, Straits Resources Ltd (renamed Aeris Resources Limited in 2015) -- the same real company Bruce Mowat (RSG, also covered this same batch) separately worked at as Chief Geologist; Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Mount Thorley Warkworth coal mine; BHP/WMC Resources' Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold operations. During his tenure as MD, the Dubbo Project was de-merged into Australian Strategic Materials Limited (ASX: ASM, non-executive director 2017-2025), Tomingley's mine life extension was approved, the Boda-Kaiser Project advanced from discovery to scoping study, and Alkane transformed into a mid-tier producer via a merger with Mandalay Resources.