Alistair Muir has over 20 years of experience in senior geological roles and leading major exploration and development projects, primarily in the bulk commodity areas of steaming/coking coal and iron ore but with some significant experience in the sedimentary hosted uranium environment.
Mr Muir’s coal experience extends over 15 years, initially working with major steaming coal development projects at the feasibility and operational level and later in a consulting capacity looking at a number of eastern seaboard steaming and coking coal projects both open pit and underground. He has also been involved in all aspects of mine evaluation including optimisation of mining method, environmental, geotechnical, hydrogeological and financial evaluation.
Mr Muir is well versed in managing the regulatory environment including occupational health and safety. He has a strong track record in effective community engagement with a major focus on environmental sustainability. Mr Muir has considerable experience in the building and management of a multi-disciplinary team in overseas environments, and has experience in both Kyrgyzstan and Eastern Africa. He joined Celsius Coal in 2012 and was its country manager and managing director, as well as non-executive director.
He is a member of the AusIMM and is appropriately experienced and credentialed to be recognised as being a competent person for JORC purposes.
Mr Muir has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology and a Graduate Diploma in Management with an MBA in progress.