CEO pay
Mining
53 public companies. The median chief executive was paid $1.4M; the middle half $534K to $4.8M.
| Company | Chief executive | Total pay | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP | Joseph W. Craft III | $1 | 2020 |
| AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co | Ryan Melsert | $1.6M | 2025 |
| American Resources Corp | Mark C. Jensen | $753K | 2024 |
| Bunker Hill Mining Corp. | Gerbrand van Heerden | $586K | 2025 |
| CENTRUS ENERGY CORP | Kevin J. Harrill | $1.2M | 2025 |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | Lourenco Goncalves | $19M | 2025 |
| Coeur Mining, Inc. | Mitchell J. Krebs | $6.6M | 2025 |
| COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | Edward Dowling Jr. | $6.3M | 2025 |
| Contango Silver & Gold Inc. | Mike Clark | $1.1M | 2025 |
| ContextLogic Holdings Inc. | Rishi Bajaj | $7.8M | 2025 |
| Core Natural Resources, Inc. | James A. Brock | $19.4M | 2025 |
| Coronado Global Resources Inc. | Jeffrey D. Bitzer | $1.3M | 2025 |
| Dakota Gold Corp. | Dr. Robert Quartermain | $1.4M | 2025 |
| DYNARESOURCE, INC. | Alonso Sotomayor | $232K | 2025 |
| Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. | Mark Mukhija | $180K | 2025 |
| enCore Energy Corp. | ROBERT WILLETTE | $3.2M | 2025 |
| FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | Kathleen L. Quirk | $14.8M | 2025 |
| Golden Minerals Co | Joe Dwyer | $98K | 2025 |
| HECLA MINING CO/DE/ | Rob Krcmarov | $5.5M | 2025 |
| HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP | Stanton K. Rideout | $1M | 2025 |
| Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. | John Swallow | $241K | 2024 |
| INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS LTD. | Joseph Mills | $2.7M | 2026 |
| Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Matthew D. Preston | $1.3M | 2025 |
| Ivanhoe Electric Inc. | Taylor Melvin | $2.2M | 2025 |
| Jaguar Uranium Corp. | William Avery | $225K | 2025 |
| Knife River Corp | Brian R. Gray | $5.8M | 2025 |
| Lion Copper Corp. | John Banning ( 2 ) | $562K | 2025 |
| LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. | Jonathan Evans | $3.2M | 2025 |
| MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | C. Howard Nye | $14.3M | 2025 |
| Nevada Canyon Gold Corp. | Alan Day | $534K | 2024 |
| NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD | Mark A. Smith | $451K | 2025 |
| NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC | Gregory Lang | $5.2M | 2025 |
| Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. | Carlo Buffone | $317K | 2025 |
| PEABODY ENERGY CORP | Mark A. Spurbeck | $3.7M | 2025 |
| PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP. | Jonathan Cherry | $2.5M | 2025 |
| Ramaco Resources, Inc. | Jeremy R. Sussman | $3.6M | 2025 |
| Rare Earths Americas, Inc. | Jennifer Grafton | $1.4M | 2025 |
| RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD | Kelli C. Kast | $429K | 2025 |
| REALLOYS INC. | Gust Kepler | $219K | 2024 |
| Rise Gold Corp. | Joseph Mullin | $640K | 2025 |
| SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC. | Christopher Richards | $73K | 2025 |
| Smart Sand, Inc. | Lee E. Beckelman | $1.5M | 2025 |
| SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | Christopher E Herald | $342K | 2025 |
| TMC the metals Co Inc. | Craig Shesky | $13.4M | 2025 |
| Trilogy Metals Inc. | Tony Giardini | $1.6M | 2024 |
| U.S. GOLD CORP. | Eric Alexander | $814K | 2026 |
| U.S. GoldMining Inc. | Tim Smith | $235K | 2024 |
| UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | Timothy W. Byrne | $7.7M | 2024 |
| UR-ENERGY INC | Matthew D. Gili | $840K | 2025 |
| URANIUM ENERGY CORP | Josephine Man | $1.1M | 2025 |
| USA Rare Earth, Inc. | William Robert Steele Jr. | $4.8M | 2025 |
| Vulcan Materials CO | J. Thomas Hill | $14.7M | 2025 |
| WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | Jack K. Richardson | $3.2M | 2025 |
Source: each company's latest definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A), Summary Compensation Table. Figures are as reported. Snapshot as of 2026-10-28.