Mr. Start graduated from RMIT as a Metallurgical Engineer with honors in 1988 and has over 23 years of experience in the mining industry. He has worked as a metallurgist, in management positions and as a consultant at a number of mine sites including Kidston, Murrin Murrin, Granny Smith and Boddington. Mr. Start also has international experience working as the Processing Manager at Mt Muro gold and silver mine in Indonesia and as the General Manager at the Musselwhite gold mine in Canada. In addition to his extensive operational experience Mr. Start has several years of corporate experience with Dominion Mining and Australian Goldfields.