Chris Cairns,
Managing Director
Integra Mining Ltd

 Chris completed a First Class Honours Degree in Economic Geology from University of Canberra in 1992. Mr Cairns joined BHP Minerals in 1993 where he was responsible for gold exploration in North Queensland before moving to Manila to establish the BHP Minerals Philippine Copper / Gold exploration unit in 1995. In 1997, he joined Aurora Gold’s Mt Muro operation in Borneo as Exploration Manager and in 2000 he moved to LionOre as Supervising Geologist responsible for the Thunderbox Gold Mine feasibility drilling. 

Mr Cairns joined Sino Gold in late 2001 and was Sino’s Geology Manager responsible for the Jinfeng Gold Deposit feasibility study drillout and the discovery of the stratabound gold mineralisation taking the deposit from 1.5Moz to 3.5Moz in 14 months. Mr Cairns has extensive drilling and project management experience in progressing gold projects from exploration to development.