Dudley Kingsnorth has over 40 years experience in the international mining industry through positions that he has held in operations, project development, marketing, technical consultancies and business development. In 1988 he was awarded the Confederation of Western Industry Individual Export for his contribution to the development of the lithium mineral market. Kingsnorth is recognized as a world authority on the rare earths market and rare earths project development through his 22 year association with the industry, initially as project manager of the Mt. Weld rare earths project and over the past 12 years as an independent consultant to the industry.