Gary Fietz holds a degree in geology and is a senior resources industry executive with over 22 years of experience in all aspects of exploration, business development and project evaluation. His extensive international experience includes 21 years with BHP Billiton, primarily working in the iron ore business group. Mr Fietz has also worked on coal, base metals and gold projects. Mr Fietz was project director of West Africa at BHP Billiton Iron Ore where he was responsible for direction of exploration programs and project development of an advanced tier-one project within the region. Previously, he held the position of vice president of iron ore business development with responsibility for assessing global iron ore business development opportunities for BHP Billiton. Mr Fietz has a broad range of commercial and technical experience including exploration management, global iron ore and coal deposit targeting studies, acquiring early stage exploration projects, M&A transactions, divestments, joint venture agreements, project evaluation and project development.
