Richard Brescianini
Executive Director, Technical / Heavy Rare Earths
Richard Brescianini is a graduate in geology and geophysics, and has extensive private and public sector experience in the minerals industry in a career that spans over 20 years.
From 1987 to 1999, he worked with BHP Minerals on base and precious metals exploration programs throughout Australasia and North America, contributing to significant economic discoveries at Eloise (copper-gold) and Cannington (silver-lead-zinc). Mr Brescianini led the Northern Territory Government’s Geological Survey as its director from 2003 to 2007, and was responsible for major geoscience initiatives and investment attraction strategies. Prior to that, he was the Survey’s chief geophysicist.
