| Mike Irish, P.Eng., M.S. Met. Eng. Manager of Metallurgy | ||
| Mr. Irish has over 20 years of metallurgical Engineering experience and has held various positions including Metallurgical Superintendent, Chief Metallurgist and Operations Foreman with a number of companies. His most resent position was as Senior Metallurgical Engineer for Anglo Gold's Cripple Creek operations. | ||
| Preston Rufe, B.Sc., M Sc., P. Eng Environmental Manager | ||
| Mr. Rufe brings exceptional leadership and technical abilities to the Company with a wide range of professional experience in environmental, geotechnical and civil engineering with the United States Air Force. He recently managed a branch of a top 100 ranked engineering consulting firm and has worked extensively with government and environmental agencies. | ||
| William K. Hasz Mine Superiintendant | ||
| Mr. Hasz has over 25 years experience in mine engineering and operations supervision. He has worked extensively in mine planning, production forcasting and tracking, operational systems, underground systems and direct personnel management. | ||
| Jason Smith Controller | ||
| Mr. Smith, a Certified Public Accountant, has 15 years of experience in public accounting and auditing. For the last 5 years he has been the Controller for a manufacturing company with responsibilities in accounting and reporting to the shareholders. | ||
| Conrad Parrish, P.Eng., M.B.A. Environmental Consultant | ||
| Formation has obtained the services of Mr. Parrish, a principal engineer with Telesto Solutions, Inc. He is a mining engineer with 29 years of experience in mining and mining environmental affairs, and is one of the key personnel assigned to the permitting of the Idaho Cobalt Project. Mr. Parrish brings with him specific experience in mine permitting and environmental analysis, and worked with the Salmon National Forest to prepare the Environmental Impact Statement for the Beartrack Mine. He is knowledgeable in all technical, regulatory, and public affairs aspects of mine permitting. | ||
| Jim Orpet & Karen Kuzis Additional Environmental Consultants | ||
| Intermountain Resources Jim Orpet, Senior Scientist Soils, Vegetation and Wetlands Consultant P.O. Box 1589 Laramie, Wyoming 82073 USA KK Consulting Karen Kuzis Aquatic Biology and Wildlife Consultant 1821 W. Jefferson St Boise, Idaho 83702 USA | ||
| Mr. John Allen Metallurgical and Environmental Consultant | ||
| Mr. Allen, who retired from his position as President & General Manager of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Essential Metals Corporation, in November of 2006, began his career with the Bunker Hill Mining Company in 1964 and subsequently held positions with Sunshine Mining and Refining Company as Mill Foreman, Mill Superintendent and Manager of Metallurgy. Mr. Allen continues to assist the Company as a consultant. | ||
| Patrick M. Fadyshen, B.A. V.P. Marketing and Sales | ||
| Mr. Fadyshen has over 27 years of metal alloy, cobalt and nickel marketing experience. His past tenures included positions with Sherritt Gordon Limited where, as Sales Manager Metals Division, he was responsible for all direct sales of cobalt worldwide. | ||
| Additional Engineers, Consultants (Feasibility & Permitting) | ||
| MTB Project Management Professionals, Inc. (MTB) - Manager of Bankable Feasibility Study MTB is a well established consulting firm that provides comprehensive project management services to the mining, power, environmental and commercial construction industries in North America and abroad. MTB manages entire projects from initial concept and pre-feasibility, through design and construction, to commissioning and startup. In addition to being experts in project management techniques and methodologies, MTB's cumulative backgrounds include extensive experience in engineering, mineral processing, environmental remediation, field construction management, construction safety, contract administration, procurement and logistics, litigation support, banking and finance, community and government relations and training. Samuel Engineering, Inc. - Feasibility Study Engineer and Document Writer Samuel Engineering, Inc. (SE) is a multi-discipline, high performance team of over 90 engineering and design professionals who have worked together for the past 20 years on world class mining projects ranging in size from $15 million to $600 million. Specifically in the last 10 years, SE, as a company, has taken pride in its ability to provide solutions based engineering -- whether the challenge relates to feasibility studies or detailed design, budget or aggressive schedule constraints, construction management or plant start-up. Within the last two years SE has undertaken many successful feasibility studies around the globe.Samuel Engineering's knowledge of key success factors for international mining projects will play an essential role in ensuring that the Idaho Cobalt Project implementation is a success. Grenvil Dunn with Hydromet Pty. Ltd. - Hydrometallurgical Laboratory Testing Grenvil Dunn with Hydromet Pty. Ltd. is providing direct oversight of the final stages of hydrometallurgical laboratory testing and is optimize flow sheets. Mr. Dunn is a graduate from the University of Cape Town B.Sc. (Eng.) (Chem.) and has a long established career as a leading expert in the refining of nickel, copper and cobalt as well as platinum group metals. He has extensive experience in refinery management, process engineering and design, feasibility studies, plant upgrades, refurbishments and capacity increases as well as directing research and development projects. Mr. Dunn has worked directly with or as a consultant to various companies around the world including RTZ, Falconbridge, Avmin, Fi | ||
