Michael Chan

Michael Chan, a metallurgical engineer, spent over 30 years developing innovative process flowsheets and product development strategies to commercialise a range of critical and battery minerals such as graphite, rare earths, vanadium, potash, titanium and base metals.

Mr Chan was the chief development officer of Hexagon Resources from June 2018 until his appointment as executive manager of product development at EcoGraf in May 2021.

Prior to that, he was the general manager of project development for Syrah Resources with prime responsibility for bringing the Balama Graphite Project from an exploration target to an emerging, significant graphite concentrate producer. Prior to Syrah Resources, Mr Chan spent 30 years gaining a worldwide reputation for developing innovative process flow sheets and product market development to commercialise a range of specialty and advanced metals including graphite, rare earths, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and base metals.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) in Minerals Engineering from the University of Birmingham in England, is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Chartered Engineer (Council of Engineering Institution, London).