Justin Werner

Background

About Justin Werner

Justin Werner was appointed as Nickel Industries’ (ASX:NIC) Managing Director in March 2008 and subsequently joined the company’s board of directors in August 2012. He is today also a non-executive director of ASX-listed Far East Gold Limited. Over the course of a working career that now extends beyond 20 years, Justin has held several key senior mining company management roles. During this time, he has a reputation as a highly regarded resources sector executive with an acknowledged deep understanding of the Indonesian resources industry. He was a founding partner of PT Gemala Borneo Utama, a private Indonesian exploration and mining company, which developed a heap leach gold mine in West Kalimantan. PT Gemala Borneo Utama also discovered the highly prospective Romang Island with ASX listed Robust Resources Limited, which was acquired in 2012 by Indonesian business tycoon Anthony Salim. Justin previously worked as a consultant, leading many well-known projects for blue chip mining companies around the world including Freeport McMoran (Grasberg deposit, Indonesia), Lihir Gold (Lihir mine,(Papua New Guinea), Placer Dome (Nevada, USA) and BHP Billiton (Ingwe Coal, South Africa). He has also spent some time in Australia, working at West Angeles Iron Ore (Rio Tinto), Nickel West and the QNI Yabulu refinery. Justin’s deep knowledge of the inner workings of all aspects of Indonesia’s resources sector – be they upstream or downstream – has been critical in Nickel Industries’ ongoing efforts to execute and refine its growth strategy. He and the rest of Nickel Industries’ leadership team are now successfully adding value to nickel ore sourced from the company’s Hengjaya Mine, making products (matte included) that are in demand from a rapidly growing global EV supply chain. Justin holds a Bachelor of Management from the University of Sydney.