Jim Clark has more than 30 years of experience as an exploration geologist for a variety of commodities, including industrial minerals, precious and base metals, and specialty metals. He has worked as an employee and/or consultant for a variety of mining companies, including Molycorp, Hecla Mining Company, Newmont, and Rare Element Resources. He was senior geologist, then exploration supervisor, for Hecla from 1986 - 1992, and played a key role in identifying Rare Element Resources' current Bear Lodge REE resource and the property's underlying gold mineralization potential. He served as Vice President of Exploration at Rare Element Resources from 2007 - January 2014, where he is currently a consultant and advisor. Jim has extensive experience in exploration and mineralogical studies of commodities related to alkaline igneous rocks, including REE's, Nb, and gold. He is the current owner and Chief Geologist of Applied Petrographics, a consulting company formed in 1998 to provide petrographic and microanalytical services to the mining industry. Clients include Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining, Hecla Mining, AngloGold, CVRD, Quest Rare Minerals, and Rare Element Resources, as well as many smaller companies. He holds a Ph.D. in volcanic geology and igneous petrology from the University of Oregon, an M.S. in geological oceanography from Oregon State University, and a B.S. in geology from The Ohio State University. He is a licensed geologist in the state of Washington.