Dr Phil Newall is a Mining Geologist with over 20 years experience of providing consultancy services to minerals companies throughout the world, with particular specialisation in CIS, Europe, Central and West Africa, China and South America.

Phil has developed an extensive portfolio of exploration and mining-related contracts, from project management through to technical audits of a large variety of metalliferous (specifically gold and base metals) and industrial mineral deposits. In South America, these include a technical due diligence for Warrior (Standard Bank) of a number of copper assets in Chile, and geological supervision of the Camp Caiman project in French Guyana.

Phil began his career as an exploration geologist with the Robertson Group, working extensively on gold and base metal projects in North Africa, before moving on to pursue a PhD in exploration geochemistry. This was followed by a period as lecturer at Camborne School of Mines, in conjunction with an active role as a consulting geologist. From there, he moved on to become Senior Consulting Geologist, then Technical Director and now Director with Wardell Armstrong International (formerly CSMA Consultants Limited).