He attended local Catholic schools, then studied mining engineering at the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1988.
After moving to Queensland to work on coal projects,he met his wife Laura, a geologist from Sydney.
He was President and CEO for several years, but, citing family reasons, left in 2010, shortly after the buyout of the company by Clive Palmer.
[2] In 2009, Lynch set up a mining exploration company, Cokal Ltd. As of 2011[update], the company has four exploratory projects in Kalimantan, Indonesia and has signed a joint agreement with Tanzoz Resources to develop metallurgical coal exploration in Tanzania.
He died together with his new girlfriend, Endah Cakrawati, on 26 January 2017 when his private plane, a Grumman G-73 Mallard, crashed into the Swan River during Australia Day celebrations in Perth.