In June 2001, Dr Yadran Marinovich wrote:

"I am a research metallurgist at Anaconda Nickel. At Anaconda, I have mostly been involved in lab-based projects such as comparing limestone with calcrete neutralisation of leach slurries and liquor, neutralisation and iron, aluminium and chromium rejection from tailings and nickel and cobalt elution from ion-exchange resins. I am currently involved in the resin-in-pulp pilot plant. This work has taken me from the Perth offices to the Murrin Murrin mine site and even a stint at the Mineral Processing laboratories at Murdoch University."