Study Group: Mining Experts(?)

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

John Ackerman is the President and Owner of Knox Resources Inc. Knox is a consulting firm providing strategic planning, joint ventures and acquisitions planning and negotiations, market and business development, and project management services to small and mid-cap industrial minerals, specialty metals...

Richard Rouse is the President of ROR Mine Consulting, a firm providing consulting services to large consulting firms on mining projects, new mine supply companies, and foreign companies entering the US mining products market. Mr. Rouse has more than 38 years of experience in all aspects of the mining...

Peter Harben is the founder of Peter W. Harben Inc., an independent consultancy firm specializing in the markets for industrial minerals and certain related chemicals, metals, and construction materials. Mr. Harben has more than 30 years of experience in conducting market evaluations, evaluating acquisition...

Guanghua Liu, PhD, is a President at AAA Minerals International, a Germany based firm providing consulting services in the mining industry. Dr. Liu has more than 24 years of experience in providing consulting services on coal reserves and managing marketing and production operations in Chinese Coal...

Dave Stevens is a Principal Consultant with Terra-Veritas, a consortium of International Mineral Exploration Consultants. Mr. Stevens has over 30 years of international and domestic exploration experience. He was the President of Geo-Probe Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Earth Search Science Inc.,...

Paul Dowd is the Principal of PJ Dowd and Associates, providing consulting services to the mining industry. Mr. Dowd has more than 40 years of experience in developing business and managing mining operations in Australia, USA, Africa, Europe, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. He was previously...

Murray Lines is the Founding Director of Stratum Resources Mineral Consultancy, an independent minerals consultancy providing information, supply-demand analysis and advice on policy developments for the mining industry. Mr Lines has been responsible for conducting feasibility studies and providing...