1 September 2009

Sheraton Perth Hotel, WA

Kevin Dardis
Vice President & Executive Sponsor Technology
Fluor

 
Kevin has more than 30 years experience in the global mining and
   minerals industry, including projects in a wide range of  minerals and
   metals, notably for gold, diamonds, copper, iron ore, platinum and coal.
   Kevin is a recognized authority in diamond recovery and dense medium
   separation. He has had leading technical roles in most of the major
   diamond projects carried out in Australia and internationally over the
   post three decades, including those for Argyle, Ekati and Diavik as well
   as in several major diamond projects and evaluation studies for De
   Beers.  He also served as a director of TSE-listed Diamond Fields
   International during the evaluation and establishment of Diamond Fields’
   marine diamond operations at Luderitz on the coast of Namibia.
   Kevin holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of the
   Witwatersrand and is a Fellow of the Australian Institution of Mining
   and Metallurgy, the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and
   of Engineers Australia.