Robin Widdup graduated from the University of Leeds （UK） with an Honours Degree in Geology in 1975. He worked in the Zambian copper belt gaining experience in copper-cobalt deposits， returning to the United Kingdom in 1978 to work for the National Coal Board in open cast coal exploration. In 1980 Robin joined Mount Isa Mines Limited in Queensland as a project geologist in copper/silver， lead and zinc mining， progressing to become the senior geologist.
Robin moved to stockbroker J B Were & Son as base metals analyst in 1986， before subsequent appointments as gold analyst and manager of J B Were's Resource Research team. During this time， Robin established himself as one of Australia's leading resource analysts and the Resource Researh team under his management was held in the same regard.
Robin left J B Were & Son in 1997 to establish Lion Selection Group Limited. Robin is Managing Director of both AuSelect and Lion， executive director of Lion Manager Pty Limited and a non executive director of African Lion Limited， African Lion 2 Limited， and Lafayette Mining Limited. Robin is also Managing Director of Lion Selection Group Limited.
