Chief Operating Officer, Bravus Mining & Resources
Born and raised in Mackay, Mick has enormous passion for Queensland’s regional communities and mining industry. Mick is a Mechanical Engineer by training and has worked predominantly in the maintenance and construction mining space in Australia with periods in rail construction in Melbourne, in mine infrastructure for Freeport Indonesia, and in mining for IMC Agrico in Florida.
He also spent two years in China working with Chinese OEM’s and mining houses on global collaboration and investment opportunities.
Since July 2022 Mick has led Bravus Mining and Resources’ mining operations. Mick holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Queensland, a Diploma of Business Management from Monash University, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
His experience in industry organisations includes more than 10 years as a director of MAIN, REDC and RIN in Mackay through which he chaired the RIN safety committee and related conferences for five years. Mick was on the Board of Queensland Health and Safety for five years and has served on a variety of boards for school and medical research not-for-profits in Mackay.