Aidan Platel is a geologist with almost 20 years of experience in the minerals industry and held mining and exploration roles across a wide range of commodities. He had exploration success, having discovered and developed several major deposits.
Since 2014, Mr Platel worked as an independent consultant with a focus on project evaluation. Prior to that, he spent 12 years based in South America. Mr Platel was the chief executive and managing director of Auroch Minerals from June 2018 to December 2022.
Mr Platel has a Bachelor of Science with honours in Geology from the University of WA, an MBA with distinction from the Curtin Graduate School of Business. He is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
