Rory Carson
BEng (GeolEng), GradDipAppFin

Rory brings over 20 years of experience in the resources industry, with a background spanning operations, planning, studies, and finance.
He has led project valuation and business planning processes for a major resources company across multiple operations and commodities, translating complex technical detail into clear, actionable commercial insights.
His combination of technical depth and strong commercial acumen enables him to deliver practical, value-focused recommendations across the full mining value chain. Rory is highly effective in cross-functional environments, building trusted relationships, aligning stakeholders, and shaping compelling investment narratives.
Expertise
- Feasibility & Optimisation Studies
- Financial Modelling & Simulations
- Due Diligence
- Independent Technical Engineers
- Mine Valuation
Track Record
- Rory played a key role in leading financial modelling for a major brownfields expansion, using both deterministic and probabilistic analysis to bring clarity to risk and value. He is known for turning complex technical findings into clear, decision-ready insights for Executives and Boards.
- He played a central role in leading enterprise business planning across a global resources company and worked across teams to align assumptions, challenge value drivers, and bring structure to complex inputs, ultimately shaping a clear narrative that links strategy through to operational delivery.
- He built a fit-for-purpose financial model for a greenfields gold project, allowing teams to quickly test trade-offs across mining methods and production rates. This work helped narrow the focus to the most value-accretive and capital-efficient options for future study.
- Rory led improvements to investment evaluation and capital allocation for an ASX 50 business, helping teams compare opportunities more clearly and make better decisions. He brought transparency to valuation logic and trade-offs, supporting faster, more disciplined capital allocation focused on the most executable, high-value opportunities.
- Rory optimised life-of-mine design, production scheduling, and cut-off grade for an underground base-metals feasibility study improving NPV and reducing payback. His work strengthened feasibility outcomes and supported robust Ore Reserve estimation.