Management

Our experienced management team brings experience in business, geology, metallurgy, finance, and strategic partnerships. They are committed to seeing Search Minerals through to breakout success as a key new supplier of Rare Earth Elements.

Meet the leadership team:

Leo Power, BA, MBA, MOGS, ICD.D

Leo Power, BA, MBA, MOGS, ICD.D

Interim President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Power has demonstrated leadership within the mining and oil and gas sectors and understands the complexities of the markets for minor metals. He brings a wealth international project finance and development experience to Search and years of experience in dealing with government agencies in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Ottawa. He is graduate of the Kellogg-Schulich Joint MBA program at York University, Toronto and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and holds a Masters in Oil and Gas Studies from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. He is also a graduate of the Directors Education Program of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Mr. Power currently holds the following positions: President, CEO, and Director of LNG Newfoundland and Labrador Inc., Director of Q2 Metals Corp. (TSX.V:QTWO), and Director of York Harbour Metals (TSX.V:YORK).

Todd Burlingame

Todd Burlingame

Todd Burlingame holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia. He has over 30 years experience in the mining sector with specific experience in developing mining and processing facilities in Newfoundland and Labrador. He has served as Chair and CEO of two Federal-Indigenous Resources Co-Management Boards and has led numerous Impact and Benefits Agreement negotiations with indigenous groups.

Dr. Randy Miller, Ph.D, P.Geo

Dr. Randy Miller, Ph.D, P.Geo

Vice President, Exploration

Dr. Miller holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Toronto and is a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo) in Newfoundland and Labrador. He has extensive experience studying and working in rare earth elements including field mapping and supervision of diamond drilling on the Strange Lake deposit in NW Labrador for the Iron Ore Company of Canada. Randy also spent 12 years with the Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey as their Rare Earth Element / Rare Metal Specialist, mapping and studying REE mineralization in both Labrador and insular Newfoundland. Dr. Miller’s publications include papers and reports on the Strange Lake deposit, on the mineralization and geology of the Nuiklavik volcanic rocks, in the Flowers River area, and on the Mann and Two Tom Lake mineralization, in the Letitia Lake area, Labrador. The model of rare earth element metallogeny developed from these studies is the basis of Search Mineral’s REE exploration program in Labrador. Randy started with Search in 2009 and has been Search’s V.P. Exploration since 2010.

Dr. David Dreisinger, Ph.D

Dr. David Dreisinger, Ph.D

Director & Vice President Metallurgy

Dr. Dreisinger holds the position of Industrial Research Chair, Hydrometallurgy at the University of British Columbia where he has been a Professor since 1988. He has over 300 publications to his credit and has been involved as a process consultant for metallurgical companies for many years. He has participated in 24 U.S. patents for work in areas such rare earth extraction, pressure leaching of ores and concentrates containing gold, copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum group metals, ion exchange removal of impurities from process solutions and use of thiosulfate as an alternative to cyanide in gold leaching. Dr. Dreisinger co-invented the Mt. Gordon Copper Process for copper recovery from sulfide ores and the Sepon Copper Process for copper recovery from sulfidic-clayey ores. He has been actively involved in the development of the Search Minerals Direct Extraction Process for recovery of rare earth metal products from Search’s mineral properties. Dr. Dreisinger has received many awards from the CIM, the AIME (TMS and SME) and others for his academic and industrial developments. He is a fellow of the CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Petroleum) and both the Canadian Academy of Engineering and Engineers Canada. He serves as a director of Polymet Mining Corp., Euro Manganese, Cascadero Copper and Search Minerals and serves as an officer of Camrova Resources and Search Minerals.

Matthew Anderson

Matthew Anderson

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University. He obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 2008 while articling at a large accounting firm. He currently works with Malaspina Consultants Inc., a company providing consulting and administrative services to junior resource companies.