Meet The Team

David Argyle

David's experience includes multiple global executive, leadership, and operational director roles in the natural resources, chemical, pharmaceutical, and oil & gas industries. He has led upstream & downstream minerals projects in Australia, China, Africa, Brazil & North America. Relevant projects experience includes thermal processing, downstream derivatives, identification and sourcing of natural resource assets and greenfield project builds along with raising the required equity & debt for construction and operations.

Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan

Gil Batt

Gil has extensive experience in executing US based chemical, mining, and industrial projects.  His expertise includes leading operations, innovation and technical efforts, leading technical feasibility studies, managing engineering design, and execution of construction projects.  He held project execution roles for various chemical and mining projects in the US, including successful completion of a US greenfield mining and industrial mineral project, and a high purity quartz plant project.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering and Construction.

B.S. Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech.

Orlando Bustos

Orlando has an extensive track record and experience in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, financial analysis and modeling, business plan development, and economic studies. His experience includes corporate finance for Fortune-500 companies, as well as investment due diligence, mergers & acquisitions and corporate development for startups and venture companies in the heavy industries sector. He was a key member in initial successful fundraising and financing efforts for various venture companies globally, producing presentation decks, business plans and financial models. B.B.A. Finance and Economics, Simon Fraser University.

Steven Kerr

Steven is a professional geologist with extensive global experience in exploration, resource geology, project management, and property evaluations. His successful project execution experience includes various natural resource projects, in base and precious metals, industrial minerals, and energy fuels in the Americas, Africa, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

Master of Science, Geology, Utah State University