Howard Rae

Howard Rae has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry, with a focus on business development and financing new mining operations with a range of Australian and international organisations.

Mr Rae has been chief financial officer of several ASX-listed resource companies including at Iron Road where he was responsible for negotiating the company’s Strategic Co-operation Agreement with China Railway Group as part of the funding and development of the US$4 billion proposed Central Eye Iron Project in South Australia. Prior to that role, he was chief financial officer at Rio Tinto subsidiary Argyle Diamonds, where he executed
a successful business improvement program in connection with the company’s transition to a US$2 billion underground mining operation. Mr Rae was also chief financial officer for Aquila Resources for seven years, structuring and negotiating a number of significant corporate and project funding transactions relating to its large mine, rail and port developments.