Darryl Butcher

Mr Butcher brings over 40 years’ experience in the mining sector through corporate, operational, development and project management roles both in Australia and internationally. Mr Butcher is currently Project Manager of the Tumas Uranium Project.

Mr Butcher has been responsible for the development and operation of several operating mines in the gold, base metals, uranium, and iron ore industries.

Prior to his most recent role as Project Manager at Mali Lithium, Mr Butcher was Executive General Manager, Technical and Project Development for Paladin Energy Limited. Mr Butcher led a very successful innovation and optimisation strategy, resulting in significant improvements to the operating costs at both the Kayelekera Uranium Mine (Malawi) and Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine (Namibia). These gains were achieved predominantly through the innovative use of membrane technology in “world first” applications.

Mr Butcher holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Australia in Chemistry (1979), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a founding director of BDB Process Pty. Ltd.