Paul has over 25 years’ of experience across both an operational and EPCM background as a Process Engineer. He has had previous exposure to a range of processing plants including base metal and Nickel concentrators, iron ore and magnetite wet and dry concentrators, mineral sands, gold flotation concentrators and CIL circuits, and coal plant. Paul has experience in operations management, test work design and supervision, plant design, process simulation and modelling, cost estimation and economic analysis. He has gained experience in a wide range of commodities. Paul has been exposed to projects ranging from conceptual, scoping, feasibility and implementation stages.

John Viega serves as Vice President, Global Sales & Service at CiDRA Minerals Processing. John has over 32 years’ experience in operations, finance, sales & marketing and service of leading-edge imaging and sensing technologies in global industrial markets. John also serves as Vice President, General Manager of CiDRA Oilsands, Ltd which is focused on providing services and products to the oil sands that enable increased production and efficiencies. John received a BA degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut, an M.B.A. from the University of Hartford, and has completed course work towards an M.S. in International Management at Rennsaeler Polytechnic Institute.

From 2013-2015 I completed my BSc, at the University of Witwatersrand, in Geology and Chemistry. This was followed by a BSc Honours in Geochemistry, with Distinction. Based on my marks I was offered to continue my studies, where I was given funding for an MSc project of my own design. After a year’s studies, my MSc was successfully upgraded into a PhD, which I am currently completing. While continuing with my studies, I have also had the opportunity to work on short-term projects within the consulting and laboratory environments.

Mark has 27 years’ experience in fundamental research and practical industrial developments encompassing a wide range of mineral chemistry, mineralogy and extractive metallurgical processes. He has held senior roles in developing metallurgical programs, implementing and managing programs largely for gold refractory ores and various projects on base metal, PGMs, manganese, rare earths and uranium extraction. Mark has worked in various international mining companies, institutions and consultancy firms including Tenova Mining & Minerals (Bateman Engineering), BHP Billiton, Placer Dome Inc, Barrick Gold Corporation and CSIRO. He has over 90 publications and reports associated with mineral processing, mineralogy, pyrometallurgy, and hydrometallurgy.