Kris started his career as an exploration geologist before moving into investment banking, initially as a mining analyst. He led the listing of a package of copper/gold assets in Saudi Arabia to create Citadel Resources (ASX : CGG) becoming the founding Managing Director. Citadel completed a Bankable Feasibility Study on its Jabal Sayid copper project and was moving towards production of 60,000 tpa copper at the time it was taken over for A$1 billion.