Mark has over 30 years of industry experience with a strong technical and commercial background in critical raw materials. He is an Honours BSc graduate in Geology from the University of Melbourne and received a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment through the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

Mark is CEO of Canadian-listed Medallion Resources Ltd, focused on the development of REE processing technologies; he is the CEO of Aguila Copper Corp a Canadian public company dedicated to copper exploration in North America. He is part time Executive Director of ACDC Metals Ltd (an unlisted mineral sands company) and a Non-Executive Director of Greenland Minerals Ltd. Mark was founder of Leading Edge Materials Corp a European critical material development company.