Adam Smits

Adam Smits is a mechanical engineer with a successful 20-year career across Australia. Mr Smits spent 10 years in francophone West Africa where he held a variety of project development and operational roles, most recently guiding the Sissingue project in Côte d’Ivoire (owned by Perseus Mining) to construction commencement. An experienced project director, Mr Smits led the successful DFS through to development of TiZir’s US$650M Grand Côte mineral sands project and played a pivotal role in Mineral Deposits' US$330M Sabodala Gold Mine (now owned by Teranga Gold Corporation). Mr Smits has also held roles at Placer Dome Asia Pacific and Lycopodium Engineering.