Colin Stirling

Colin Stirling has been actively involved in the mining and exploration industry in Australia and overseas from 1969 through to 2007. During that period, he was employed in senior administration and supervision of exploration and mining operations. Internationally, Mr Stirling was a senior technical director with Drilling and Prospecting International, a major UK-based international oil and mineral exploration group in England and Indonesia. This was followed by 7 years with Arabian Drilling Company in Saudi Arabia, and with Technidrill as a consultant in West Africa and the Phillipines. Mr Stirling was also with Longyear International in a senior management role, to supervise work in Thailand and Australia. He had extensive experience in exploration and mining in the China, which included setting up of operations for a Canadian and an Australian public company.