Lynda Burnett is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry. She has held a variety of roles with major and junior mining companies.
Prior to becoming the managing director of Sipa Resources from July 2014 to January 2020, she was director of exploration Australia for Newmont Asia Pacific. During her nine-year tenure with Newmont, Ms Burnett was responsible for the strategic planning, management and oversight of all Newmont’s generative exploration projects, as well as business development in the Asia Pacific region including the discovery of the plus 3Moz McPhillamy’s Gold Deposit in NSW. Prior to her roles at Newmont, Ms Burnett worked for a number of mining and exploration companies including Normandy, Newcrest and Plutonic Resources and as an executive director of Summit Resources.
She has been an advisory board member of the Centre for Exploration Targeting based at the University of WA, and a member of the Australian Government’s Advisory Panel for Critical Minerals.
