Matthew obtained his doctorate in geology from the University of Western Australia in 2004 and has 15 years experience in exploration for gold, base metals, uranium, phosphate exploration, and mining of base metals. Matthew has experience as Senior Geologist and Senior Exploration Geologist for CopperCo at Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Prior to this Matthew completed exploration project work for Tianshan Goldfields in Xinjiang province, Western China and exploration in the Pilbara for Wedgetail Exploration Company. Matthew has postgraduate qualifications in geostatistics and has worked for MICROMINE as a senior resource estimation consultant since June 2009, based in Beijing. Matthew is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and qualifies as a competent person for several commodity types and deposit types.

马休于2004年从澳大利亚西奥大学完成博士学位并拥有15年的黄金，贱金属、铀矿、磷矿的勘查和贱金属开采经验。马休曾作为高级勘查地质师在澳大利亚昆士兰省伊萨山的铜业公司工作。在此之前，马休完成了中国新疆维吾尔自治区天山金田公司的地质勘查项目和楔尾勘查公司在皮尔巴拉地区的勘查项目。马休拥有地质统计学研究生学历，自2009年6月起作为高级资源估算师在MICROMINE北京公司工作。马休是澳大利亚矿冶学会会员和澳大利亚地球科学家学会会员并具有数种矿产资源估算合格人资格。