Industry Advisory Committee

Marie Fleming

Committee Chair

Ms. Fleming is a chartered engineering geologist and the global Applied Geology Skills Network Lead at Arup. She uses her background in geology, geophysics and geotechnics to develop efficient and effective solutions for a wide variety of ground conditions and provides expert advice on the environmental considerations and opportunities for sustainable development associated with soils and geology. Ms. Fleming serves on the steering committee of Geoscience Ireland, is Chair of the Registration Authority of the European Federation of Geologists and was Past President of the Institute of Geologists of Ireland (2015-2017). She is the industry advisor on several academic engineering geology research projects and a visiting lecturer in Engineering Geology at a number of institutions. She is passionate about promoting the role of geoscience in society and is a trustee of Geology for Global Development.

Dr. Niall McCormack

Committee Deputy Chair

Dr McCormack is the Chief Executive and co-founder of Causeway Geothermal - an Irish company that aims to provide locally sourced, clean, 24/7 heat for industrial and commercial customers from sustainable geothermal energy. Dr McCormack has over 20 years technical, research, and executive experience in the resource sector around the world. Latterly he led exploration, commercial and innovation globally for BHP’s petroleum division. Dr McCormack is also the Chair of the Geothermal Association of Ireland, is on the board of Renewable Energy Ireland and is on the Geothermal Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland. He holds BA (mod) Geology and a Ph.D. in geology from Trinity College Dublin.

Ciara Talbot

Director of Exploration-Vale Base Metals

Ms. Talbot is the Director of Exploration at Vase Base Metals and has more than 27 years of international experience in all stages of mineral exploration on surface and underground. Ciara is also the Director of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Prior to her VP position, she held the role of Director, Exploration & New Business Development at Lundin. Ciara joined Lundin Mining as a Senior Exploration Geologist in 2005 working on Lundin’s Irish exploration licences. She also acted as a Director on the board of several former Lundin companies in Ireland. Before joining Lundin Mining, Ms. Talbot acquired over 10 years of experience in the industry including as an exploration geologist with Boliden, Aurum Exploration, and Teck Resources. She also worked for the Geological Survey of Ireland as a geologist. Ciara holds a BSc in Applied Geology from Staffordshire University in England.

Diarmuid McCarthy

Roadstone Ltd.

Mr McCarthy is the National Quarry and Pits Manager at Roadstone Ltd., the leading manufacturer and supplier of building materials in Ireland. Having worked with Roadstone for almost 30 years, Diarmuid’s experience spans many roles including Quality and Technical Manager, Pits and Quarries Technical Manager, Quality Controller, and Site Engineer. Mr McCarthy is also a registered trainer for Engineers Ireland’s General Concrete Advice and has worked as a site engineer for Waterford County Council on the N25 realignment project. He studied Civil Engineering at Dundalk IT, before going on to study Management and Industrial Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

Dr. Neven Kresic

Independent Groundwater consultant

Dr Kresic is an independent groundwater consultant with experience in hydrogeology. He has extensive international experience, including work on major contaminant hydrogeology and water resources projects in the United States, Eastern Europe, Middle East, North Africa, and South America. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the USGS in Reston, Virginia, and the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., where he conducted novel research on modelling groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport in fractured rock and karst aquifers. Neven is a founding member of the Ground Water Modelling Interest Group sponsored by the National Ground Water Association, and former co-chair of the Karst Commission of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He is past Vice President for International Affairs of the American Institute of Hydrology and was Vice-chair of the Groundwater Management and Remediation Specialty Group of the International Water Association. Neven served as As

Dr. Sarah Gordon

Satarla

Dr Gordon is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Satarla. She has worked internationally in a number of fields including risk and assurance, safety, sustainability, R&D, business divestment, mine and exploration geology. In 2014, Sarah left Anglo American plc (as Head of Assurance – Safety & Sustainable Development (S&SD), Africa, and Risk Analysis Manager – S&SD Global) to co-found the risk consultancy and training organisation Satarla. To date, Satarla has worked with mining, healthcare, research & development, energy, agricultural, construction, hospitality, software, insurance, events, and financial companies, together with charities, governments, and Tech Startups. Sarah is an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London and an accredited Institute of Risk Management public and in-house course designer and trainer. She is also a Trustee of the Geological Society London as well as Geology for Global Development, and was voted as one of the 100 most inspirational women in

Dr. Stuart McCracken

Teck Resources

Dr Stuart McCracken has over 20 years of experience in global exploration including over 5 years of corporate mining industry experience in London. His specialties include exploration, project management, exploration risk, base-metals, geoscience R&D, carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, and geometallurgy. Currently, he is VP of Exploration and Geoscience at Teck Resources, having previously held roles at Anglo American, Western Metals, and Pasminco Exploration. Stuart holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Western Australia and a BSc in Biology and Geology from Macquarie University.

Joe Mongan

Project Managing Director PIPCO Research Studies Group

Joe Mongan is Project Managing Director at PIPCO Research Studies Group. The company has been providing technical project management and consultancy services in the global energy and mineral resources sectors for almost 25 years. PIPCO’s recent focus is on clean energy and transfer of skills from more traditional to cleaner and renewable resources. In 2022, he led the EU GeoEnergy-2 deep geothermal meta-cluster project market visits to Canada, Kenya, and Costa Rica on behalf of the Geoscience Ireland cluster. Prior to this, he spent 27 years at Tullow where he headed up the Geophysical Technology & Operations teams and represented Tullow on several industry collaborative groups, including a role as Chairman of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Global Affairs Committee in 2015. He sat on the iCRAG Governance Committee for Phase 1 and was Executive Director of Tullow Oil Ltd from 2017-2020 prior to his current role with PIPCO, as Project Managing Director.

Patrick Redmond

Senior Vice President Discovery with GeologicAI

Patrick has over 25 years of experience in international mineral exploration and the mining industry and has a track record of value creation through exploration and discovery in multiple jurisdictions and across a range of commodities. He is a recognized and innovative technical expert on a range of ore deposit types with a passion for geoscience, mineral exploration, and mentoring the next generation of geoscientists.

Patrick is Senior Vice President, Discovery with GeologicAI, an industry-leading company pioneering cutting-edge technologies to improve accuracy, speed, and efficiency in mining and mineral exploration. Previously he was Senior Vice President, Exploration and Geoscience with Copper Mountain Mining where he led the team that made the Ingerelle Deep discovery. Prior to that he was Vice President, Exploration with KoBold Metals, where he led an integrated team of geoscientists and data scientists in developing innovative data-science and machine learning tools for explor

Dr. Jennifer Craig

Executive Director of the Society of Economic Geologists

Jennifer graduated with a BSc Hons in Chemistry from UCD in 1998 after which she completed a PhD in Bioelectrochemistry also in UCD. Following postdoctoral research in both UCD and DCU she took up the role of Project Manager of an SFI Strategic Research Cluster, the Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group during which time she completed her MBA (2006) in the UCD Smurfit School of Business. Following this she made the move to Berand Neuropharmacology as CEO. Before joining iCRAG Jennifer worked as a life sciences consultant and also developed and managed the EU Research Office at UCD. In 2023 Dr. Craig took up the role of Executive Director of the Society of Economic Geologists .

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