Simon Rushton

Managing Director

Mr Rushton has extensive operational and corporate expertise across a range of industries including mining, logistics, oil & gas and in private legal practice.  He was the inaugural managing director of Hedland Mining, a privately owned junior iron ore producer and was instrumental in the safe site re-establishment and recommencement of mining, processing and exporting from the Poondano Iron Ore Mine in Port Hedland.

Mr Rushton’s recent experience also includes operations director for Destec Contracting, a specialist contract crushing, screening and materials handling business with established contracts with Tier 1 multinational mining companies.  Prior to Hedland Mining and Destec Contracting, he founded Australasian Sands International Pty Ltd and fast tracked the development of a greenfields, high quality concreting sand mining and export business and, prior to 2019, spent 12 years with Mineral Resources as executive general manager and company secretary.

Mr Rushton has also been non-executive director of Hazer Limited as well as the non-executive chairman of Reed Industrial Minerals, the special purpose vehicle that developed and operates the Mt Marion lithium mine in the Goldfields of Western Australia.