Nicholas has 36 years of global mining leadership experience across operations, projects and corporate roles. He has extensive rare earths expertise, having served as Chief Executive Officer of Meteoric Resources (Caldeira Project, Brazil) and Chief Operating Officer of Hastings Technology Metals (Yangibana Project, WA). Nicholas has successfully driven resource growth, project studies, offtake agreements and permitting while building high-performing teams. His critical minerals focus includes rare earths, niobium, lithium, copper and gold. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Brazilian Critical Minerals.