Rafael Ajub

Rafael Ajub has over 18 years of mining industry experience, predominantly at Vale S.A., managing the Mineral Resource Evaluation group, leading pre-feasibilities studies worldwide and managing the Sossego copper mine planning.  He graduated from the Universidade Estadual Paulista in Brazil and received his Master’s degree in Geoscience at the same university.  At present, he oversees advanced exploration studies for copper and nickel projects.