Craig Wright MAusIMM

Craig Wright is Managing Director of Barkly Rare Earths (ASX: BAK), an Australian explorer focused on rare earths in the Northern Territory. Its flagship project hosts a shallow Inferred Mineral Resource of 40 Mt at 2,100 ppm TREO, and a 10,000 m drilling programme is testing the potential to expand it.

Craig has deep experience in corporate development and in running operations across the global minerals industry. He previously served as Corporate Development & Strategy Manager and Chief Operating Officer at RSC, a geological services provider. His career has taken in mineral exploration, commodity trading, technical services, manufacturing and business consulting, which gives him a wide view of how the resource sector works. He is a founding director of Barkly, on the board since 2020, and led the company through its ASX listing in January 2026 after an oversubscribed A$8 million IPO.