Denis Hamel

Biography

 Mr. Hamel is currently executive general manager of the Zinc project of Mount Isa Mines, in Australia and a former manager of the Hackett River base metals project in Nunavut. Both projects are held by Glencore. He was, from 2007 to 2013, plant and concentrator operations manager at Xstrata Zinc – Brunswick Mine. From 2005 to 2007, he was processing manager at CBJ-CAIMAN S.A.S., a subsidiary of Cambior Inc. and subsequently of IAMGOLD Corporation, in French Guiana. Between 1993 and 2005, he held various executive positions within Noranda Inc., Cambior Inc. and Xstrata Zinc. While holding these positions, he gained a vast expertise in the development and optimization of metallurgical processes. Mr. Hamel is a mining engineer specialised in mineral processing with more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of mineral processing at the production stage. Mr. Hamel is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, a member of the Canadian Mineral Processors Society (“CMP”) and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”).

Research Interest

  Geoglogy and Earth Science