Neal has performed mining engineering, project management and management consulting for a wide range of metalliferous, coal, diamond, and industrial mineral projects.
His consulting work over the past 20 years has been as a senior participant in numerous major due diligence audits, competent person’s reports, and other reports supporting the rationalization, merger, disposal, and acquisition activities of international mining companies and mining finance institutions. In this role Neal has been in a position to certify to shareholders, stock exchanges, and financial institutions the “bankability” i.e. fundamental value and risks and opportunities of mining projects.
Neal’s consulting work has been directed at the restructuring and sale of mining assets and the scoping and implementation of business improvement strategies. He has held a variety of positions in production, academia, business, and consulting. Neal has undertaken projects in over 50 countries, in Europe, Africa, Australasia, North, Central and South America, the Middle East, the Far East, Asia, Russia, and the FSU.
