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Jim is a mining engineer with an Honours degree from the University of Leeds, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and has over 35 years experience in the mining industry. Jim commenced his career on the Zambian Copperbelt where he rose to Divisional Manager of the Chingola Division, which operated the world class Nchanga underground/open pit copper mines. From 1983 to 1989, Jim served as the London based consulting engineer for BP Minerals International. He was deeply involved also in the discovery and development of an underground gold mine and the only sulphide nickel/cobalt orebody as yet discovered in Brazil. From 1989 to 1996, he served as Operations Director, then Managing Director, for the Gencor/Billiton Group (now BHPBilliton) in Brazil. The group had interests in world class alumina/aluminum facilities, as well as the Sao Bento gold mine and a number of exploration and joint venture companies, including the Piaba project.