Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Mineral space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Martin Horgan
Chief Executive Officer of Centamin
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About Centamin: Centamin plc is a gold mining company focused on the Arabian-Nubian Shield.
Paul Knight
Chief Executive Officer of Blue Phoenix Group
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About Blue Phoenix Group: Blue Phoenix offers a unique bottom ash recycling service to the municipal waste incineration industry, based on best available technology.
Jim Williams
Chief Executive Officer of Arian Silver Corporation
Jim Williams is a geologist with over 30 years’ experience in exploration, development and mining both underground and open pit operations, evaluation and management. Mr Williams holds BSc, MSc and D.I.C. degrees in Geology, Geo-mechanics, mineral exploration and evaluation. In addition Mr Williams is a Fellow of the Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials (FIMMM), a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Geologist (CGeol), European Engineer (Eur Ing) and European Geologist (Eur Geol) and is therefore a “Qualified Person” under the rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange and a “Competent Person” under the rules of the London Stock Exchange. Mr Williams has published work including a diamond policy study review in Sierra Leone on behalf of the UK government, and has worked as an expert witness for a leading London-based law firm
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About Arian Silver Corporation: Arian Silver is a public company (AIM + TSX-V) operating a portfolio of producing silver mining projects in Mexico.
James Crombie
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Odyssey Resources
Mr. Crombie graduated from the Royal School of Mines, London, in 1980 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in mining Engineering, where he was the recipient of an Anglo American scholarship. Mr. Crombie held various positions with DeBeers Consolidated Mines and the Anglo American Corporation in South Africa and Angola between 1980 and 1986. He spent the next thirteen years as a mining analyst and investment banker with Shepards, Merrill Lynch, James Capel & Co. and Yorkton Securities. Mr. Crombie was vice president, corporate development of Hope Bay Gold Corporation from February 1999 through May 2002 and president and CEO of Ariane Gold Corp. from August 2002 to November 2003. Mr. Crombie was president, CEO and a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation in December 2007. He was a director of Sherwood Copper Corporation until its business combination with Capstone Mining Corp. in November 2008. Mr. Crombie is also currently an officer or director or both of a number of publicly-traded resource companies.
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About Odyssey Resources: Odyssey Resources Limited Odyssey Resources Limited is a Canadian-based junior exploration company.
Max Boender
CEO of Myneral Labs
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About Myneral Labs: Myneral.me offers an all-encompassing platform for the metal and mining sector .
Tim Livesey
Director & Group Chief Executive Officer of Oriole Resources
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About MINEXIA, Oriole Resources, Ormonde Mining plc, Strategia Worldwide: Oriole Resources PLC is an AIM-listed exploration company, operating in Africa and Europe.
