Dr King retired in 2020 as Head of Global Exploration after 35 years with Teck Resources, where he spent extended periods in exploration and exploration management based in London, Brussels, Santiago, Spokane and Vancouver. He held roles with increasing responsibility covering projects of all stages from generative through to evaluations, commercial and resource-reserve definition (greenfield and brownfield), working together with teams on multiple continents. He was involved in several discoveries, notably in Greenland, Turkey (Biga peninsular) and Alaska (Red Dog Camp). Adrian holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK. and has authored and co-authored several scientific papers