Verde Potash Plc - About Us - Technical Advisory Committee

Dr. Richard Garnett has extensive experience in the mining industry with 50 years spent working with a wide range of minerals in jurisdictions from Canada, South Africa, and South East Asia to South America, including Brazil. Through his career he has 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 also holds a PhD. in Economic Geology from the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College UK) and a MBA from Cranfield University (UK) . Dr. Garnett currently resides in Oakville, Ontario and has been active with Verde since 2008 as a consultant and member of the advisory board.

Mr. Ysao Munemassa , , , Geologist (USP, Brazil)

As head of exploration, Mr. Munemassa has been responsible for Verde’s potash claims, staking the area in 2008. His experience in the minerals industry spans 40 years, working in both exploration and operations for gold, base metals and fertilizers. He has held senior positions with BP Minerals, VALE and Union Carbide. As a consultant for Inco, Teck 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 Gold).

Dr. Marcello Veiga , ,

Dr. Veiga has 34 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.

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