Dan Lougher is a qualified mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in all aspects of resource and mining project exploration, feasibility, development and operations. He has successfully built multiple mines, managing all facets of project development from resource definition, feasibility studies, project financing, mine construction and the negotiation of off-take contracts.
Mr Lougher has developed a significant corporate network in the financial and mining community. He spent 18 years in Africa with BHP Billiton, Impala Plats, Anglo American and Genmin. Mr Lougher joined Western Areas in 2006 and was general manager of operations and projects before becoming an executive director of operations, and as managing director and chief executive from 2012 until its takeover by IGO in 2022.
Mr Lougher holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Geology (Honours) from the University of Leicester, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) and a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
