Jens Balkau

Jens Balkau had over 40 years of experience as a geologist, formerly with Western Mining Corporation and Regis Resources where he led the discovery and definition of more than 5Moz of gold in the Duketon Belt of Western Australia.

His discovery record included the world-class Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines, and in the Babel and Nebo nickel discoveries in the West Musgrave region of central Australia.

Mr Balkau was a member of the AusIMM and Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

He passed away in November 2021.