Michael Johnston

Founder & Geologist

Mike Johnston has extensive mining experience both onshore and offshore. He was technical services manager at the giant Porgera Gold Mine during the 1990s, general manager of Placer Dome’s exploration for all of Australia and Asia Pacific in the early 2000s, and president & chief executive of Nautilus Minerals where he managed the development of the world’s first sea floor mining company after David Heydon left.