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John W. Grubb joined the EMC Metals Corp. (TSX: EMC) Board as an independent Director.
As quoted in the press release:
Mr. Grubb has held numerous business manager roles in both surface and underground mines for BHP Billiton, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Mine Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, Colorado. John served for 25 years with BHP, as President & COO of New Mexico Coal, as President of BHP Minerals Zimbabwe & Hartley Platinum, as Managing Director of OK Tedi Mining Ltd. in Papua New Guinea, as General Manager Operations at Queensland Coal in Australia (10 mines, 8 surface plants, & 3 ports), and numerous other surface and underground operations for both BHP and The Pittston Company. Mr. Grubb has a BS in Mine Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, an MS in Engineering Administration from the University of Tennessee, and a PhD in Mining and Earth Systems Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
EMC Metals CEO George F. Putnam said:
“We are very pleased to have John join the EMC Board in an independent Director’s role. He brings a wealth of technical mining and operating expertise to the Board which we believe will prove extremely valuable as we work to re-start the Springer Tungsten Mine. His counsel and hands-on mining experience will be a major asset, both to the management of EMC, and to our shareholders. ”
Click here to read the EMC Metals Corp. (TSX:,EMC) press release