Alistair McCready

General Manager - Exploration, Rio Tinto
North Vancouver, Canada

Alistair is an exploration geologist with +20 years' experience in the minerals industry. His global career has spanned the breadth of the industry with roles in major and junior companies, applied research, consulting companies, and academia. He is a multi-commodity geoscientist with experience in a wide number of commodities including Cu, Li, Ni, Coal, U, REE, Au. He is a previous recipient of the AME Colin Spence Award for Mineral Exploration. Alistair holds a Ph.D. and B.Sc. from Queen’s University, Belfast in Northern Ireland, and a M.Sc. from the University of Leicester in England. Following his Ph.D., he completed post-doctoral work at the University of Leoben in Austria. He joined Rio Tinto Exploration in 2012 and is currently a General Manager within the Americas region. He is based in Vancouver, where he resides with his wife and 11-year-old twins.

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Alistair McCready