Marcello brings to Newlox Gold 25+ years experience as a metallurgical engineer and environmental geochemist for mining and consulting companies in Brazil, Canada, US, Venezuela, Chile and Peru. He has worked extensively on environmental and social issues related to mining. As associate professor since 1997 of the Norman B. Keevil (Chairman Emeritus of Teck Resources) Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia his research and teaching topics have focused on features that lead to contributing to sustainable mining communities and improving the image of mining. From 2002 to 2008, he worked as an expert and Chief Technical Advisor of the GEF/UNDP/UNIDO Global Mercury Project for UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in Vienna. This included implementation of Environmental and Health Assessment of mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining in Asia, Africa and South America. The project also included implementation of procedures to reduce mercury emissions, and local fabrication of pieces of equipment to reduce exposure of miners to mercury vapors and increase gold recovery.

Luis has been head of the hydrometallurgy and biohydrometallurgy group for more than 30 years at Centre for Mineral Technology (CETEM), under the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCTI). He assisted numerous chemical, industrial, and mineral processing plants in Brazil and abroad to maximize their processing efficiency and minimize their environmental impact. In particular, Dr. Sobral is interested in working with small-scale gold miners to raise awareness concerning the characteristics of mercury and safe handling procedures. He has extensive experience in Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, with an emphasis in Electrochemical Engineering and Electrometallurgy, working mainly with mercury contamination in artisanal mining. His expertise extends to electro-recovery and electro-refining of metals, precious metals in particular at the Brazilian Mint and other government mints around the world, as well as the impacts of heavy metals on the environment. He has designed, developed, and optimized research and commercial facilities utilizing bioleaching to recover precious and industrial metals.

Tarrnie is a highly experienced executive who has served on the board of several successful public and private companies over his 50-year business career. Tarrnie’s involvement in the development and commercialization of technology companies, including founding Canada’s first public software company and experience as CEO of Electronic Arts Canada, will be instrumental in developing Newlox’s emerging green mining technology division. Tarrnie holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics (U of Alberta) and has been a Director of several public, private, and not-for-profit organizations, including having served as Chairman, President and Audit Chair of several public companies over his long and varied career. Tarrnie has had significant hands-on experience in project management, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, private and public placements of equity and debt, and IPO transactions and served for ten years as an Adjunct Professor at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Presently, Tarrnie holds the position of Executive Chairman of Kidoz Inc. (TSXV: KIDZ); a kid-tech software developer and owner of the KIDOZ Safe Ad Network reaching over 300 million children monthly through a curated online experience. Tarrnie’s position at Kidoz is a continuation of his illustrious career in the technology sector.

Wilmer Ñiquen brings over 24 years of experience as a metallurgical engineer who has successfully built, optimized, and operated numerous precious metals production facilities in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil His specialties include gravimetric ore concentration, flotation, chemical leaching, carbon elution, Merrill–Crowe recovery, smelting, refining, as well as wastewater and tailings management. Mr. Ñiquen has been recognized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as an International Expert in Mineral Beneficiation following work undertaken in Colombia and Peru in collaboration with the United Nations and US State Department. He is also familiar with Brazilian mining, having served as the Technical Manager of the MULTIFLOTACAO Project, a 1,000 tonne per day facility in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

With a geology career spanning over 35 years, James Turner worked with Cominco and Newmont Gold before forming his consultancy, TerraSat Geomatics Inc. in 1990. TerraSat has worked with several juniors involved in greenstone belts around the world and was involved in the interpretation of remote sensing data. From 2004-2006, James gained valuable first hand knowledge in Central America providing valuations and NI 43-101 reports for the several small 100-150 tonne projects. In addition to assisting Newlox Gold, James advises on a gold project in South Africa, copper deposits in Namibia and British Columbia, and tailings deposits in Nova Scotia, Oregon and Peru.

As a seasoned process engineer, Gonzalo has vast experience in the analysis, design, construction and management of mineral resource projects. Specifically, he has been responsible for the design and construction of several notable gold production facilities in Central and South America. For Newlox Gold, his areas of expertise have included management of mining projects, design of electromechanical equipment and spare parts and project management. Gonzalo is also highly skilled in design including software as a developer and AutoCAD, Maintenance programs for heavy machinery, TPM and RCM methodology: mechanical, electrical and lubrication.

Julia’s experience and research focuses on the electrochemical recovery of precious metals and mercury from artisanal tailings as well as the environmental and health hazards of heavy metals. She is the co-author of a number of academic articles and is assisting the Newlox Gold in the practical application of environmental technologies. Julia holds a chemical engineering degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is a graduate of the CNPq Fellowship Program at the Brazilian National Centre for Mineral Technology (CETEM).

Rolando is a Metallurgical Engineer and has practiced extractive metallurgy since 1983. He was the Head Metallurgical Engineer at the National Aluminum Company of Costa Rica and was the head of the team developing the Metallurgical Laboratory at INA (National Learning Institute of Costa Rica) in Costa Rica. From 1985 through 2000 he was the Professor of Metallurgy at the TEC (Technological Institute of Costa Rica). From 2000 on, he has been inventing, developing, patenting and manufacturing a series of metallurgical products under his brand Perbols38. His products have received awards and special recognitions. Currently he is also involved in the evaluation, design, and operation of mineral processing facilities and recovery systems similar to that utilized by Newlox Gold. He is a member of the Association of Engineers (C.I.Q.P.A.), Costa Rica, with the designation of Metallurgical Engineer; of the National Teachers Association of Costa Rica; and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME). He is a Metallurgical Engineer graduate of the Universitatii Politehnica din Bucuresti with a Masters of Science Degree in Extractive Metallurgy, the Universitatii Politehnica din Bucuresti Doctor of Philosophy Degree