Carl E. Defilippi

Biography

 KCA since 1988, Carl holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, an MS degree in Metallurgical Engineering and is certified as an Environmental Manager for the State of Nevada.  Prior to joining the staff at KCA, Carl was the General Mill Foreman at Newmont Gold Company’s 9000 ton per day CIP mill and was involved in all phases of the start-up of that mill.  He had extensive experience with Newmont as a senior metallurgist at their 2500 ton per day agitated leach plant and 3000 ton per day heap leach facility.  He has also been involved in the management and construction of field heap leach tests in Nevada and South Dakota.  Carl has been the manager for feasibility studies on several projects from which financing was obtained and which eventually went into operation.

Research Interest

Mechanical design Electro-mechanical design Cable and Wiring design Component selection Analytical instrumentation Printed Circuit board design CAD