Our People

BatteryLimits
Key Personnel
Aislinn Mollin

Aislinn Mollin

Process Engineer

Aislinn is a chemical engineer with five years’ experience, including study management, testwork management and process engineering on magnetite, rare earths, molybdenum...

Meining Song

Meining Song

Process Engineer

Meining has a PhD in chemical engineering and five years’ experience.  She has managed a large scope of work for a major magnetite project in Western Australia, and also coordinated...

Leigh Beebe

Leigh Beebe

Risk and Training Manager

Leigh is a chemist with 25 years’ experience in the mining industry in South Africa and Australia.  She also holds a Degree in Psychology.  She was Senior Training Officer for AngloGold...

Eve Ritter

Eve Ritter

Process Draftsperson

Eve is BatteryLimits Lead Process Draftsperson.  She has been working in the mining industry for five years.  She works with the process engineers in preparation of Process Flow Diagrams...

Aleks Nikoloski

Aleks Nikoloski

Consulting Metallurgist

Aleks has a PhD in extractive metallurgy from Murdoch University with 15 years experience.  He has specialist complex nickel and base metals metallurgical skills.  Aleks also lectures...

Sunil Jayasekera

Sunil Jayasekera

Consulting Metallurgist

Sunil has a PhD in extractive metallurgy from Murdoch University.  He has 25 years experience in metallurgical laboratory and pilot plant experience in nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc...

Jim Kyle

Jim Kyle

Principal Consultant

Jim has a PhD in chemistry and 30 years experience in the mining industry.  He is a highly respected metallurgist with extensive hydro-metallurgical laboratory knowledge.  He...

Tony Showell

Tony Showell

Principal Metallurgist

Tony is a metallurgist with 40 years experience.  He focuses on due diligence roles and provides high level consulting to BatteryLimits’ clients.  He has extensive experience in both...

Jeremy Ison

Jeremy Ison

Principal Process Engineer

Jeremy is a metallurgist with 20 years experience.  He has worked in Africa and Australia for operating and consulting engineering companies.  He has designed a number of process...

Andrew Napier

Andrew Napier

Principal Process Engineer

Andrew is a metallurgist with 17 years experience.  He was Principal Process Engineer with BHPBilliton and Commissioning Superintendent for the Ravensthorpe nickel...

Phil Edney

Phil Edney

Metallurgical Technician

Phil holds a Certificate in Mineral Processing and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, and has 20 years experience in the mining industry.  His main roles are in training...

Alan Rubio

Alan Rubio

Study and Project Manager

Alan Rubio is a mechanical engineer with 15 years experience in design and project management roles in the minerals processing and oil and gas industries. Alan has...

Alex Elliot

Alex Elliot

Process Engineer

Alex Elliot has a PhD in chemical engineering. He is a process engineer with BatteryLimits undertaking process design and management of metallurgical testwork programs. He is an...

Bob Third

Bob Third

Principal Project Manager

Bob is a mechanical engineer with over 40 years mining industry experience.  In 1980 he established Resources Engineering where he managed multiple projects over a 20 year...

Robbie Hayes

Robbie Hayes

Risk Consultant

Robbie Has a Bachelor of Commerce and has over 30 years in commercial roles in the mining industry.  With BatteryLimits, she undertakes risk assessment and workshop management...

Phil Hearse

Phil Hearse

Managing Director

Phil is a metallurgist with over 35 years  experience in the mining industry.  He worked in operating roles at Bougainville, QNI and Nabalco before starting the metallurgical consulting...