Tim Craske

Tim Craske is a geoscientist with over 40 years’ experience in exploration and mining. He has worked in technical leadership and management roles in 14 countries across 6 continents. Tim is a proven discover: Ernest Henry and E1 iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits in the Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland; targeting and acquisition of core tenements of the West Musgraves province for copper and nickel, facilitating the discovery of Nebo-Babel Ni-S deposit; managing exploration in the lead up to discovery of Nova Bollinger Ni-Cu-Co deposit, WA. Tim has worked in both the junior and major company sectors in roles up to general manager level. He is currently chief consultant and director for Geowisdom consultants. Tim founded a training company Thinker Events in 2016 that specializes in developing innovative thinkers, thinking organizations, and disruptive technology solutions for the mining and exploration industries. He is also an experienced professional mentor and leads the global Darwin Discovery Mentoring program. Tim has followed the development of AI for target generation through to discovery, delineation and resource definition. As a regular user of AI, he has developed a keen understanding of its uses and abuses, its inherent biases and its accelerating impact on workers, industries and society.