Michael Wilson has been with Helix Resources since 1997 and played major roles at Tunkillia on the Gawler Craton in South Australia; the exploration for gold, platinum group metals and base metals in the Proterozoic Terranes of New South Wales and South Australia; and the Proterozoic and Archaean Terranes in Western Australia. He became Helix's managing director and chief executive in 2007 and stepped down in March 2020 to become general manager of geology, with a focus on rapidly advancing exploration of the Collerina Copper Project in central NSW.
His experience includes project management; mineral exploration using geology, geochemistry, geophysics and drilling; ore resource drilling, ore resource estimation and evaluation programs, and monitoring joint venture projects.
In 2016, through leadership of a dedicated exploration team, Mr Wilson was awarded the inaugural NSW Mineral Council Explorer of the Year.
