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Independent Engineer, Pat Raleigh, a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario in 1964, a life member of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and Graduate of the University of Manitoba is a well qualified and valued member of the team. Retired from Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd (now Xstrata) after thirty five years as Chief Engineer, he consulted for Falconbridge’s business development group up until 2004.

As project engineer for the design and construction of the Falcondo laterite plant in the Dominican Republic which started in 1970 Pat then was regularly involved in the operating and expansion plans for the plant. He was also engaged in the more recent Falconbridge Koniambo project in New Caledonia.

Pat carried out consulting assignments for Inco Indonesia, Cerro Matosso in Colombia and other New Caledonian projects and spent a significant amount of time studying the nickel deposits in S.E. Asia, particularly those in New Caledonia, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines. The projects involved all three operational types HPAL, High Temperature Pyro Processes, and Ammonia Leach systems. Most recently he’s consulted for Jaguar Nickel on their laterite project in Guatemala C.A developing a leach process that used HCl.

Pat spent time with the Drinkard group in Charlotte on the design and construction planning of the pilot plant for the Nucor’s E.A.F dust project which incorporated several processing steps that are similar to those in the DNi Process.

Independent Geologist, Dean Fredericksen, has a Bachelor of Science (Earth Sciences) and Master of Science (Hons) from the University of Waikato, New Zealand and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

As a professional geologist with 20 years experience, Dean has been an integral part of the technical and senior management team at a number of mine sites in Australia and New Zealand. These roles have included taking the responsibility for publishing JORC compliant resource and reserve statements for gold and nickel deposits.

Dean has been employed by Waihi Gold Mining Company, Mining Project Investors, Newcrest and Straits Resources prior to establishing a consultancy in 2007. As a consultant he has undertaken a range of technical geological and mine planning assignments, technical audits, as well as being part of a due diligence teams evaluating possible acquisitions. These assignments have been in Australia, New Zealand, China and the Philippines.

For DNi Dean has undertaken laterite resource analysis and developed mine plans and schedules for potential applications of the DNi Process.