Gerald Cooper is a qualified Marine Engineer who served for a number of years as a seagoing engineer before moving onto the power generation field. Following emigration to Australia, he worked within the mining industry in engineering & maintenance related roles for Monadelphous Engineering, Cyprus Gold, Arimco, Copper Mines of Tasmania, Pegasus Gold, Acacia Resources and WMCF Phosphate Hill.
Mr Cooper subsequently moved overseas to work for AshantiGold in Guinea and Iluka Resources in the United States. Mr Cooper was group engineering manager for IAMGold before returning to Australia in 2007 and taking up a position as VP Engineering & Maintenance with Braemore Resources.