Dirk Treasure is a metallurgist with technical and corporate experience.
Mr Treasure spent seven years in novel metallurgical process design employed by service providers and mining companies directly. He has designed, built, and managed pilot plants across various deployment scales for hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical and electrolytic technologies.
Prior to becoming chief executive of Chrysos Corporation in December 2016, Mr Treasure worked within the financial and commercial side of the mining industry. During his time in corporate finance at RFC Ambrian, he oversaw Chrysos’ seed capital raising and company formation. He also managed the transaction for acquisition of the underlying PhotonAssay technology from CSIRO. His technical experience also includes being a principle HPAL/leach metallurgist for Ravensthorpe Nickel Operations and as operations manager of ABR Process Development, he oversaw development of technology from conceptual design to commercial reality.
Mr Treasure was awarded the Komatsu-sponsored Emerging Leader of the Year Award by Australian Mining Monthly.
He has a Bachelor of Mineral Science from Murdoch University, and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
