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Dudley Kingsnorth, PEng
Mr. Kingsnorth has an Honours Degree in Metallurgy and a Masters Degree in Business Management and Industrial Metallurgy. He is a past Vice President of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr. Kingsnorth is recognized as a world authority on the rare earths market through his 20-year association with the industry, initially as Project Manager of the Mt. Weld Rare Earths Project and over the last 10 years as a marketing consultant to the industry. He is the author of the 11th (2001), 12th (2004) and 13th (2007) editions of the Roskill report "The Economics of Rare Earths and Yttrium". He has made many presentations to international audiences on the rare earths industry.
Jack Lifton
Mr. Lifton is a Founding Principal of Technology Metals Research, LLC. He is also a consultant, author and lecturer on the market fundamentals of the technology metals, the term that he coined to describe those strategic rare metals whose electronic properties make our technological society possible. Mr. Lifton is educated as a physical chemist specializing in high-temperature metallurgy and worked as a researcher, marketing and manufacturing executive, and metal trader specializing in technology and rare metals.
Dr. Anthony N. Mariano
Dr. Anthony N. (Tony) Mariano is a geological consultant for rare earths and other rare metals. He has been the "go-to" expert on the geology and mineralogy of rare earths, niobium-tantalum, and other rare metals for several decades. Tony is an expert mineralogist and petrographer, and he integrates a strong knowledge of geology and extractive metallurgy ("geometallurgy") to predict success or failure of proposed rare-earth and niobium-tantalum ventures. His professional opinions on the potential economic viability of these deposits based on mineralogical examination are eagerly sought by the industry worldwide, and he is a renowned world expert in the exploration for new rare-metals resources.