Petro N

Petro is the Director of Research and Development, Rare Earth Element (REE) Division, at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Petro is a Professional Engineer and has over 15 years of experience testing innovative processes and developing solutions for the energy and mining industries. His major areas of expertise include design and operation of large-scale laboratory models, enhanced oil recovery and artificial intelligence. Petro and his team at SRC are working on REE processing optimization and automation.

Lucinda W

Lucinda has 10 years of experience working as both a metallurgical and business development consultant in Argentina for local and international mining companies. Prior to this, she worked as a senior process engineer and as the key metallurgical engineer for mining operations in both Argentina and South Africa for almost 10 years and has both design and operational experience. She has a particular interest in integrating the social, environmental, technological and economic aspects of the mining industry as part of a cohesive approach to services.

Muhammad I

Muhammad, P.Eng, Ph.D, is SRC's Vice-President of the Rare Earth Element Division. He previously served as Director of Operations, Mining and Energy at SRC. He has led many projects, including innovative proofs of concept; development and optimization of medium and heavy oil EOR processes; lab-scale equipment design; and physical, fluid flow, and wormhole modelling. His major areas of expertise are vapour extraction (Vapex), solvent vapour extraction (SVX), thermal SVX (TSVX), heavy oil waterflooding, steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and steam–surfactant processes. He is skilled in

Jane D

Jane is a Senior Process Engineer in SRC’s Mining and Minerals Division. She previously served as Manager, Process Design at Shore Gold Inc., CEO of Danoczi Solutions and Senior Research Officer at De Beers. In addition to corporate management and leadership, she has 28 years of experience in researching and developing technologies used in mines and is best known for her work in diamond recovery technologies.

Jack Z

Jack is the Associate Vice-President of Strategic Technologies in SRC's Mining and Minerals Division. He has over 20 years of extensive industrial, engineering, operation and research experience. His main areas of focus include the processing of rare earth, uranium, potash and phosphate, rare metals, lithium, industrial minerals, as well as tailings/mine water/effluent treatment. At SRC, he has led and supervised numerous mineral processing, metallurgical testing, optimization and R&D projects for global clients.