Quest Rare Minerals Appoints New President

Quest Rare Minerals (TSX:QRM) has appointed Dr. Dirk Naumann as the company’s new president.
As quoted in the press release:

Dr. Naumann has been instrumental in the development of the Quest project to its current stage. He joined the Company in May 2013 as Vice-President Development and was promoted to Executive Vice-President in January 2014. In his new position, he will continue to drive project development activities, notably through close collaboration with premier industrial organizations in Asia and Europe.

Quest Executive Chairman, Pierre Lortie, said:

Dirk’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for Quest. He played a critical role in the development of the eco-friendly selective thermal sulphation (STS) process which is specifically designed to extract from granite the rare earth elements contained in the Strange Lake deposit and produce a mixed rare earth oxide with a purity in excess of 99.7% at world competitive costs.

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