Matt Boulby has spent his entire career in metallurgy, starting off working on gold projects in Vietnam, Guatemala and Nunavut (Canada). Soon after joining the industry he found himself with a personal dilemma – he understood the necessity of metals for our world’s future, but was hesitant about contributing to the mining industry’s potential negative impact on both the environment and within social communities. He then joined the Onshore Development team at The Metals Company, and immediately felt as though he was contributing to a solution: continuing to put key critical metals into circulation while reducing the environmental and social impact of doing so. Since joining TMC, Matt has contributed to the design of our near-zero solid waste flowsheet, supported the execution of four pyrometallurgical pilot scale campaigns, managed our lab-scale testwork programs and helped develop key onshore commercial partnerships.

Matt received a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2019 and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario. In 2022, Matt was named the Emerging Professional in Pyrometallurgy by the Canadian Institute of Mining. Outside of work, he enjoys sports and travelling – having visited over 35 countries.