Mr. James Walchuck

Biography

Mr. James Walchuck, BSc., PEng, serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. He is a mining professional with over 36 years of national and international experience in the minerals industry, including work in North America, Slovakia, the UK, Ghana, and Tanzania. Mr. Walchuck was the Manager Mining for Barrick at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in Tanzania from 1999 to 2002. There he oversaw the building of a multi-million-ounce, high-grade underground mine in 24 months and achieved over 2 million man-hours without a lost-time accident. Prior to his 6-year involvement with Bulyanhulu (first as Sr. Project Manager with Sutton Resources, then as Manager Mining for Barrick), Mr. Walchuck was Manager of Mining and then Manager - Corporate Operations for Royal Oak Mines. This was preceded by a 5-year term as Chief Mining Engineer for Tarkwa Goldfields in Ghana. Recently, Mr. Walchuck was CEO and a director of Encanto Potash Corp. A member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario for 36 years, Mr. Walchuck holds Bachelor Degrees in both Science and Engineering.

Research Interest

 Chemical technology   Chemical Reaction Engineering   Biochemical Engineering  Reservoir Engineering  Heat Transfer Research   New approaches to mass transfer