Michael Lowry
Principal Resource Geologist, SRK Consulting
Michael is a geologist with over 24 years’ experience in the mining industry, specialising in mine geology, reconciliation, brownfields exploration and resource estimation before moving to consulting. Michael has experience in a variety of terrains and commodities, primarily iron ore, nickel and gold. Michael has a strong operational focus to his resource sector career, starting out as an underground gold mine geologist in 1996 with Great Central Mines/ Normandy Mining then joining WMC / BHP at their Leinster operations working as an underground nickel mine geologist. Michael then spent 11 years as a Resource Geologist initially with Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Iron business and then with BHP’s Iron Ore division, which included six years’ experience as a Mineral Resources Competent Person for BHP. He joined SRK in 2018 where he has been able to apply his mine geology, modelling and resource estimation skills across a broader range of commodities and jurisdictions as well as specialise in reconciliation system reviews and governance audits. Michael’s work includes an ongoing focus on iron ore.
