Mr Collins has 23 years of experience in resources as a mining executive, financial analyst, and company director, including time with BHP, Bankers Trust / BT Funds Management, ING Australia and Aims Asset Management. He was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Cassidy Gold Corporation and has acted as adviser to several significant debt and equity transactions in the gold mining industry.

Mr Collins was a Non-Executive Director of ASX Listed Ask Funding from 2010 to 2015 and has been Non-Executive Director of Sihayo Gold since 2008. He is also a non-executive director of ASX listed Rimfire Pacific Mining NL.

Mr Collins holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgy, graduating with First Class Honours from the RMIT University, a Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australia. Mr Collins has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.