Parviz Farsangi
Vice President
Management
Pine Point Mining Ltd
Canada
Biography
Dr. Parviz Farsangi, P. Eng, MBA, PhD., is Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Farsangi is a mining engineer with extensive mining and processing experience in Canada and internationally working with diverse cultures including USA, Jamaica, UK, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. From 2013-2016 he was the CEO of Canadian Royalties Inc. that commissioned and is operating the nickel mining and processing facilities in Northern Quebec, near Glencore's Raglan operation. Previous to that he was President and CEO of Scorpio Mining Corporation, which operated a silver-lead mine and processing facilities in Mexico. He was also Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Vale Inco and was responsible for Vale Inco's wholly owned properties globally, overseeing a $2 billion operation budget, a $1 billion capital budget, and 8000 employees. Previous to that Mr. Farsangi spent 20 years in senior positions at Falconbridge, including General Manager of the Sudbury unit and President of both Gramercy Alumina (Louisiana) and St. Ann Bauxite (Jamaica).
Research Interest
Chemical Engineering Chemical technology Business and Management Finance
