Patrick Lyn Cheetham founded Dragon Mining Ltd., Sunrise Resources Plc, Tertiary Minerals Plc and Archaean Gold NL. Currently, he occupies the position of Executive Chairman at Sunrise Resources Plc and Executive Chairman of Tertiary Minerals Plc. Mr. Cheetham is also Member of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining Ltd. and Member of Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.

In the past he held the position of Joint Managing Director at Dragon Mining Ltd. and Exploration Geologist at Western Mining Corp.

He received an undergraduate degree from The Royal School of Mines.