Richard Lewis

Mining Professional

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About

Richard is a highly accomplished, expert, mining professional, with over 30 years continuous technical and commercial experience in mineral exploration, mineral discovery, underground & open pit ore mining, feasibility, mine construction & commissioning, mining sector training, technical & financial project diligence, project & corporate finance, and commodity risk management. Operations experience of 18 years in Southern, Central Africa & India focused on mineral discovery programs, resource management, mine development and mine operations for junior and major operators. Project diligence experience of 15 years across projects in Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia and Saudi Arabia for financial institutions. Commodity exposure in precious metals, base metals industrial minerals, coal and gemstones.

Experience

  • Chief Geologist at Gold and Minerals Ltd
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Regional Gold Exploration Manager

  • Mining Consultant at Saudi Industrial Development Fund - SIDF
    Sep 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Director - Mining & Metals at Citi
    Jun 2011 - May 2019 · 8 yrs

  • VP - Mining & Metals at UniCredit
    Sep 2009 - Jun 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Associate - Mining & Metals at RBS
    Jul 2007 - Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos