Mr Johnston was appointed a Red 5 non-executive Director on 10 July 2023.  

Mr Johnston is a highly experienced Australian mining executive and Board Director who has more than 35 years of operational and project development experience. Mr Johnston’s distinguished career has seen him hold senior roles with major resource companies including Head of Global Nickel Assets for Glencore, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Minara Resources and Executive General Manager at WMC Resources for Olympic Dam, the Nickel Division and the Copper and Fertilisers Division.

Mr Johnston is currently Chair of Jervois Mining and Non-Executive Director of Tronox (US). He is the former Non-Executive Chair of the Minerals Council of Australia, Chairman of the Chamber of Mines of WA and held previous long-term NED roles with Silver Lake Resources and Emeco. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.