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Allan

Safety• Participate in exposure based safety process as an observer since 2006• Contribute to exposure based safety process as an active member on the steering committee since 2015• Engage in safety leadership, hazard identification, structured pauses and serious injury and fatality prevention Process Optimization• Manage plant reagents inventory, expenditures, and inventory control• Communicate changes made to the process, process operation or equipment to all stake holders• Organize cost reduction initiatives, to sustain these cost savings year after year• Organize plant scale flotation reagent testing • Administer new chemical testing and analyze finds to make recommendations• Coordinate, collect and analyze circuit samples throughout the mill• Mentor and coach fellow peers in our department to improve collaboration on projects to ensure we strive for excellence

Allan

Allan

Shift lab analyst working on routine samples and project setups (particle size analyzer, and XRF).

Thompson

Purification Plant• Operations ICP- Operation and Maintenance of Varian Liberty ICP. Established calibration curves, updated curves and troubleshooting instrument. Maintained standards and developed analytical procedures for Operations.• Copper/Arsenic Leaching- Pilot test work entailed leaching copper residue which contains arsenic. The leached arsenic was precipitated into a stable form for storage. Nickel was recovered as soluble liquor and sent to the purification circuit. Copper was recovered to be reprocessed in as a marketable copper feed stock. • Nickel Carbonate Optimization- Optimization of nickel carbonate production. Analysis of cake density, thickness and feed percent solids were determined. • Emissions- Annual preliminary survey and full stack testing was completed on all stacks.• Monitor effluent losses- Effluent losses form Refinery to Tailings Basin was monitored to ensure compliance according to operating protocol. Also was a Tailings Basin Committee member representing the Refinery• Cobalt Circuit- Worked on lab and plant scale projects to optimize cobalt oxidation and cobalt hydrate to increase production to greater then 500,000 lbs.Electroplating Circuit• Reagent Preparation- Prepared reagents for tankhouse and purification plant including monitoring quality control of prepared reagents.• Electroplating- Troubleshooting of tankhouse and mandrel plant issues and various test work. Coordinated and implemented 17mm Rounds test work.