Advisory Board

 
Mr. Alastair Neill, P.Eng., MBA
Mr. Alastair Neill, a leading expert in rare earth elements, is the former Vice-President/General Manager, Rare Earth Division, and Vice-President, Business Development, for AMR Technologies Inc. (now Neo Material Technologies Inc.) and currently holds the position of Executive Vice President for Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. Mr. Neill brings over 15 years of direct rare earth experience with downstream end-users in Korea, Japan, Europe and North America and with suppliers in China. He holds a master of business administration from York University and a bachelor of engineering in material science from the University of Western Ontario.

 
Dr. Anthony (Tony) Mariano
With over 50 years of field- and laboratory-based experience, Dr. Mariano is the global authority on the mineralogy, geochemistry and geology of REE deposits. Throughout his extensive career as a consulting geologist, Dr. Mariano has been involved with the research and development of the majority of the world's significant REE projects (e.g. Molycorp's Mountain Pass deposit and Lynas Corporation's Mt.Weld deposit) and currently serves as an advisor to several companies developing advanced REE projects such as Rare Element Resources Ltd. and Tasman Metals Ltd. Dr. Mariano received his PhD in Geology from the University of Boston and his main area of expertise is the mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and metallurgy of REE systems.

 
Dr. Raul Lira
Dr. Raul Lira is the foremost expert on the REE mineralization and geology of Argentina and is credited with the discovery and the early stage development of Wealth's Rodeo de los Molles Rare Earth deposit. Dr. Lira has dedicated over 25 years to research and teaching focused on the genesis and discovery of mineral deposits. In addition to serving as an independent consultant to South American governmental agencies and mining companies such as BHP Billiton, he currently holds positions as Professor of Economic Geology (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) and Independent Researcher (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones y Tecnicas de la República Argentina -- CONICET). Dr. Lira received his PhD in Geological Sciences from the Universidad Nacional de Cordóba and his main area of expertise is the mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry and metallogenesis of felsic calc-alkaline and alkaline igneous systems.