Dr. James Warren is a geologist with 15 years of multi-commodity experience spanning greenfield prospect generation to operational roles in open pit and underground projects.Dr. Warren holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Western Australia focusing on a mineral systems approach to exploration targeting and was also part of the Mineral and Hydrothermal Geochemical team at CSIRO.Dr. Warren was Exploration Manager at Echo Resources and oversaw the exploration strategy and growth of Echo’s resource base to over 1.8 Moz and the eventual $240m takeover by Norther Star.Following his time at Echo, Dr. Warren was instrumental in establishing the private enterprise Tali Resources Pty Ltd, a spin out from Agrimin Ltd. At Tali, Dr. Warren was critical in establishing the geological framework to mineralisation in the West Arunta Orogen and drove project generation and acquisition. Ultimately, Tali reached a $55m farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto to search for IOCG deposits in the West Arunta, while WA1 Ltd successfully listed on the Tali assets not subject to the Rio Tinto farm-in.