Gordon Galt

Biography

Gordon is a mining engineer with extensive coal industry experience in Australia since the early 1970's. In Queensland he worked at South Blackwater, gaining his First Class Mine Manager's qualifications in 1976, then was one of the key early development team members at Capcoal German Creek in 1977. He was initially Open Cut Manager then Mine Manager at Central Colliery - Queensland's first longwall mine and for many years Australia's most productive underground coal mine. He was then Development Manager for Southern Colliery, also at German Creek in 1987. In 1991, Gordon was appointed Operations Manager at Ulan Coal in NSW. He became General Manager at Ulan in 1993, then Managing Director at Cumnock Coal in 1996 before roles as Managing Director with Newcrest Mining and in investment banking with ABN AMRO. Gordon is currently Chairman of Nucoal Resources Limited and Lefroy Exploration Limited and is a Non-Executive Director of Finders Resources Limited.  

Research Interest

mining