TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE for amz


Dr. Richard Garnett
40 years spent working a wide range of minerals in jurisdictions from Canada, South Africa, South East Asia to Brazil. Held senior positions with Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Hudson Bay Mining and Diamond Fields Resources, where he was instrumental in the early recognition and exploration of the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit. A mining engineer by training, he holds a Phd. in Economic Geology from the Royal School of Mines (UK) and a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield University.

Mr. Ysao Munemassa - Geologist (USP, Brazil)
40 years working in both exploration and operations for gold, base metals and fertilizers. He has held senior positions with BP Minerals, CVRD and Union Carbide. As a consultant for Inco, Teck Cominco and Newmont Gold, Mr. Munemassa developed and managed some of the largest exploration programs ever executed in Brazil and assisted in the development of two gold mines including Fazenda Nova (Yamana).

Dr. Marcello Veiga
31 years experience as a metallurgical engineer and environmental geochemist for mining and consulting companies in Brazil, Canada, US, Venezuela, Chile and Peru.. Since 1997, Dr. Veiga has been an associate professor of the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada and between 2002 and 2008, worked as an expert and Chief Technical Advisor to the GEF/UNDP/UNIDO Global Mercury Project for UNIDO; the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in Vienna.