Doug Kirwin is an Australian geologist with over 45 years of international experience. His exploration teams have been responsible for several well-known mineral discoveries including the most notable being the Hugo Dummett ore body at the giant Oyu Tolgoi gold copper deposit in Mongolia developed by Rio Tinto. He was executive vice president of Ivanhoe Mines from 1995 to 2012 and was responsible for the epithermal gold-silver discoveries in South Korea (Eunsan, Moisan and Gasado Island, all of which became mines). Mr Kirwin's exploration group was also responsible for the discovery of the Merlin Mo-Re deposit in Australia, the Ulugtau Au project in Kyrgyz Republic, and several gold discoveries including Hill 217 in China and Kerta, Jelai and Seruyung in Indonesia. Mr Kirwin is an independent consulting geologist and holds an MSc in Mineral Exploration from James Cook University where he is an adjunct professor of Geology. He was president of the Society of Economic Geologists in 2019.
