Gordon Barnes is an exploration geologist with over 30 years of practical mineral exploration experience, ranging from active field-based projects through to multi-commodity project generation initiatives in Australia and overseas.
Mr Barnes commenced his career in Western Australia with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc at the Karonie gold project in the Eastern Goldfields. Following Freeport's merger with the Normandy-Poseidon Group in 1989, Mr Barnes became a project manager and later a senior geologist with Normandy Exploration working on projects in the Murchison (Au), Southern Cross (Au, Ni), Eastern Goldfields (Au), Pilbara (Au, Cu) and Kimberley (Ni, Co, Zn) regions of Western Australia.
Mr Barnes also has extensive copper and gold exploration experience in NSW, including as exploration manager roles with listed explorers Magmatic Resources, Clancy Exploration, and Geoinformatics Exploration. Since October 2018, he has been a senior consultant at RW Corkery & Co, a geological and environmental consultancy specialising in NSW mining and development projects.
He holds a Masters in Geology (UWA), a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science – Geology (RMIT), and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
