Mr Mitchell has been a geologist for over 35 years in exploration in rare metals, lithium and base metals in Australia and international jurisdictions. He has significant experience ranging from targeting through to resource evaluation and has been successful in the discovery of several mineral deposits in Australia. He has acted in the capacity of company liaison representative on various research projects with AMIRA, CET, GRC as well as a brief period on the CME Exploration committee. He has geological membership with the Geological Society of Australia and Australian Institute of Geoscientists and is a Registered Professional Geoscientist (No: 10049).