REE - Steering and Technical Committees

The program will be guided by an industry-led (and Natural Resources Canada co-chaired) steering committee with senior level representatives from industry, government (federal, provincial and territorial, where appropriate), academia and international organizations/governments. In support of these committees and to provide detailed guidance, technical sub-committees have been established to help define technical work plans and to ensure the research is well-focused and deployment opportunities are maximized. The research will be strengthened by integrating comprehensive economic analysis of market conditions in order to increase the understanding of the economic and market dynamics, and their implications for the business case for rare earth projects in Canada.

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

Industry

Avalon - Dave Marsh 
Torngat Metals - Natalie Renaud
Search Minerals - David Dreisinger
Commerce Resources - Darren Smith
Neo Performace Materials - Constantine Karayannopoulos 
GéoMéga - Kiril Mugerman

Associations

CREEN – Ian London (co-chair)

Academia

University of Toronto – Vladimiros Papangelakis
Université Laval – Claude Bazin

Government

Natural Resources Canada – Magdi Habib (co-chair)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

There are four technical committees in the areas of characterization, physical processing, leaching and separation, and environment.

Characterization

Co-chair – Tassos Grammatikopoulos - SGS Canada Inc
Co-chair – Yves Thibault – Natural Resources Canada

Physical Processing

Co-chair – Claude Gagnon – COREM
Co-chair – Tesfaye Negeri – Natural Resources Canada

Leaching and Separation

Co-chair – Niels Verbaan - SGS Canada Inc
Co-chair – Chen Xia – Natural Resources Canada

Environment

Co-chair – Rory Cameron – Natural Resources Canada

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