John Greenslade, M.Eng, P.Eng, LLB.
President & Director

Mr. Greenslade began his career in the mining industry in 1968. He graduated from the University of British Columbia (“UBC”) in 1972 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mineral Engineering and joined Placer Development Corp. (now Placer Dome Inc.) as a metallurgist. Mr. Greenslade received a Master of Engineering degree in 1975 from the UBC and also graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1978 from the UBC Faculty of Law. Mr. Greenslade was admitted as a member of the Association of Professional Engineers for the Province of British Columbia in 1976 and was admitted as a Member of the Law Society of British Columbia in 1979. He practiced law with the firm of Clark Wilson until 1981 when he co-formed the law firm Holmes Greenslade. His legal practice has focused on mining, corporate and securities law, as well as cross border tax issues and offshore trusts. Mr. Greenslade has been involved in the funding of numerous mining projects, at all stages of exploration, development and production, in various capacities, including legal counsel and director of a TSE listed company, from October 1995 to July 1999 and a TSX company from 1992 to present. Mr. Greenslade has been involved with the Boleo Property since 1992, initially in its' identification and staking and thereafter as a director of Terratech or Mintec.

Michael Shaw
Vice President - Engineering and Construction

Mr. Shaw graduated from the University of Texas, El Paso with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, in 1970 and 1975, respectively. Mr. Shaw has over 38 years experience in the mining and metals industry, with 25 of those years dedicated to project engineering and construction management, mostly in Latin America. He recently worked for Newmont Mining Corporation as Project Director for the Minas Congas Project in northern Peru, a multi billion dollar semi-grassroots copper gold project. Mr. Shaw also held the title of Regional Director of Projects and was responsible for project execution in Africa. From 1999 to 2005 he held the position of Vice President, Project Manager of Apex Silver Mines Corporation out of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Shaw was responsible for engineering, permitting, construction and startup of the San Cristobal zinc/lead/silver mine project in Bolivia. He participated in the finalization of the feasibility study and then continued on to lead the preparation of basic engineering and permitting for the project. Mr. Shaw has been instrumental in the engineering, construction and startup of numerous copper, gold and nickel projects globally, both as an operator and engineer-constructor from 1969 to present, including the Tiomin Resources, Inc. Cerro Colorado copper deposit in Panama, CODELCO projects in Chile, for Cyprus in Peru, and various projects for Phelps Dodge Corporation. Mr. Shaw also served as Project Manager for Bechtel and Davy McKee (now Aker Kvaerner.) Mr. Shaw’s experience in the last 25 years has largely focused on project development throughout Latin America.Mr. Shaw is a member of the SME, MMSA and has been admitted as a professional engineer in California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Eric Norton, P.Eng
Vice President – Project Development and Operations

Mr. Norton graduated from the University of Toronto (1974), with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Metallurgy and Materials Science. He worked for Teck Cominco (previously Cominco) for 31 years as a Manager in the various operating plants at the Trail, B.C. zinc smelter and Riddle, Oregon nickel smelter and recently as a Manager in the Exploration Business Development Group in Vancouver, B.C. During his time in Trail he directed both pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical plants. From 1990 to 1998 he held the position of Operations Manager of the Glenbrook Nickel smelter in Oregon, USA. Mr. Norton directed the re-build and re-start of the ferronickel smelter and then held responsibility for the operation and commercial duties. He returned to Canada in 1998 and has since held the positions of: Manager of Materials and Metallurgy; Manager of Production Support, which included responsibility for the central maintenance and capital projects groups; Manager of Commercial Services at Trail, B.C.; and Manager in the Exploration Business Development Group in Vancouver since 2004. While in the Commercial Services position in Trail he lead the entry of Teck Cominco into the zinc sulphate fertilizer business. Mr. Norton is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Rowland Wallenius, C.A
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Wallenius graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. (1993) and became a Chartered Accountant in 1996. He worked as a Chartered Accountant for BDO Dunwoody and Collins Barrow in Vancouver, B.C., focusing on public company auditing. In 1997, Mr. Wallenius became corporate controller of a publicly traded waste recycling company until 1999 when he joined Planet Earth Recycling Inc. as President and CFO. In both these positions he was responsible for the accounting and regulatory departments and fully involved in equity raises by the companies. From late 2001 to 2005 he provided accounting and consulting services to several private and public corporations including several start-up ventures in which Mr. Wallenius set-up the accounting and internal control systems for public reporting in Canada and the United States. In 2005, Mr. Wallenius joined the resource industry when he became the interim controller of Augusta Resources Corporation, Sargold Resource Corporation and Wildcat Silver Corporation. He continued development of financial and public reporting, assisted in equity raises and the move to the Toronto Stock Exchange. In his role as Controller of the Company, Mr. Wallenius will be responsible for finance, corporate and operational accounting and treasury.

David Dreisinger, PhD, P.Eng
Vice President - Metallurgy/Process

Dr. Dreisinger holds the position of Professor and Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy at the University of British Columbia. He has published over 100 papers and has been involved as a process consultant in industrial research programs with metallurgical companies. He has participated in 11 U.S. patents for work in areas such as pressure leaching, ion exchange removal of impurities from process solutions, use of thiosulfate as an alternative to cyanide in gold leaching, and leach-electrolysis treatment of copper matte. Dr. Dreisinger also 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 proposed metallurgical flow sheet for Boleo and is one of the recognized experts in the world in the area of hydrometallurgy.

Kendra Low, B.H.K.
Vice President - Administration & Corporate Secretary

Mrs. Low holds a Bachelor of Human Kinetics (B.H.K) Honors, Minor in Commerce, from the University of British Columbia (2002). She has been involved with the Company since completion of the Reverse Takeover in April 2004 as Office Manager and Assistant to the Vice President - Operations. Prior to joining the Company, Mrs. Low worked for the law firm of Holmes Greenslade, barristers and solicitors, as a legal assistant in corporate securities. She is responsible for office and personnel management, policies and procedures creation and administration, implementation of corporate-wide management systems, providing support and assistance in matters pertaining to corporate governance and timely disclosure to the Board of Directors, corporate communication and regulatory compliance in both Canada and the United States. Mrs. Low was appointed Corporate Secretary of the Company on July 20, 2006.

Tawn Albinson
Managing Director – Mexican Office (Minera Y Metalurgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V)

Mr. Albinson is the Managing Director of Baja’s 100% owned subsidiary Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo, S.A. de C.V. (“MMB”). Mr. Albinson, while a United States citizen, has spent his entire mining career in Mexico. He will have the dual role of legal representative and Assistant Project Manager, splitting his time between the Company’s head office in Mexico City and the Boleo Site Office in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur. He will also be responsible for the Mexican teams working on environmental, drilling, test mining, and logistics. Mr. Albinson holds both a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Macalester College in Minnesota as well as a Master of Science in Economic Geology from The University of Minnesota. He was previously Exploration Manager of Cia. Minera Minas de San Luis, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico and has run a number of large drilling programs throughout his career. Mr. Albinson also runs a Fluid Inclusion Laboratory in Mexico City providing consulting services to various companies in the mining industry.

Scott Britton
General Manager – Mining

Mr. Britton graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA with a Bachelor of Science – Mining Engineering (1977) and has completed graduate work towards both a Masters of Engineering Management and a Masters in Business (Finance) at Drexel University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, respectively. Mr. Britton has extensive operating experience in underground mine management, mine engineering, resource development planning, capital and operating cost budgets, and detailed operations planning. Mr. Britton has previously worked in such minerals as trona and coal, and has recently held the position of Underground Mine Manager for General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners in Green River, Wyoming. During this time with General Chemical, he was responsible for producing 4.5 million tonnes of ore using bore and continuous mining machines (similar to those expected to be utilized at the Boleo Project) on a 7-day work week. Mr. Britton lead a team that increased mine productivity while controlling costs and improving ore recovery. Over his career, Mr. Britton has been published in numerous Mining publications, including two books, “Practical Coal Mine Management” and “Construction Engineering in Underground Coal Mines”. Mr. Britton was also co-editor of The Mining Engineers Handbook published by The Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) (1992).

Terry Hodson, P.Geo.
General Manager – Geology

Mr. Hodson graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelors of Science (Honours) Geology (1980). He has worked continuously in the mining industry since graduation in the areas of exploration and resource evaluation, as well as 12 years in operations. Most recently, he was with Teck Cominco Ltd. as Assistant Manager, Advanced Projects. He has been a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (P.Geo) since 1992.
 
 
 

Ron Hamm
Engineering Manager

Mr. Hamm graduated with a BSc. Eng (Elec) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1972.  He then joined Westinghouse Bellambie’s telecontrol division where his roles ranged through design commissioning and project management.  Over a period of five years his contracts included the reticulation control of five South African cities as well as the Richards Bay coal railway line.  Mr. Hamm then moved on to Asea Electric where he spent four years as the senior commissioning engineer for the Southern African region, commissioning projects ranging from hydroelectric generation and power distribution systems, ferro-alloy, steel and PGM furnaces to mine winders operating on diamond, gold and coal mines.  He next joined Titaco Projects where he moved from discipline engineer to project engineer and finally project manager, working on projects including ferro-alloy furnaces, diamond and ferro-alloy recovery plants and PGM and copper refineries.  In 1995 Mr. Hamm immigrated to Canada as branch manager for Titaco and was primarily involved in business development on smelters and ferro-alloy recovery projects.  Following the take over of Titaco by Bateman Engineering in 2000, Mr. Hamm continued as branch and business development manager for Bateman’s complete process product line, which included base and precious metal refineries and diamond and ferro-alloy recovery plants.  During this time he was involved in the design, construction, commissioning and project management aspects of projects.

Mike Laflamme
Director – Supply Chain

Mr. Laflamme graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography. He worked on the James Bay Hydro Project before relocating to British Columbia to attend the University of British Columbia where he completed all graduate coursework towards a Masters degree in Applied Science (Civil Engineering). He is an accomplished Supply Chain and Operations Management professional with over 20 years of combined international operations and project experience in Canada, South America, North Africa and South Pacific. As Manager Logistics for Fibreco Export for 11 years Mr. Laflamme managed overall supply chain activities for over 1 million Mt/yr of bulk material to Japanese and domestic markets. He then joined Stone-Container/Veneston S.A. as Assistant General Manager to build and operate a 1 million Mt/yr greenfield mill and port facility near Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. In 2003, he joined SNC-Lavalin as Corporate Logistics Manager where he managed logistics requirements for numerous international projects including working on the GMRA Project at site in Libya, North Africa. Prior to joining Baja Mining, Mr. Laflamme was Director Supply Chain for INCO-CVRD Goro Nickel project in New Caledonia responsible for procurement, contracts, logistics and materials management. Presently working in our Vancouver office, he will be joining the Santa Rosalia project team for the construction phase and manage supply chain activities once operational.

Gaston Reymenants
Vice President - Marketing

Mr. Reymenants has had a long career with a major mining company as a metals trader. He now works as an independent with specific expertise in the nickel and cobalt markets. Unlike copper and zinc, the marketing of cobalt requires special knowledge and expertise. Mr. Reymenants expertise will prove invaluable to the Company in securing potential long term off-take contracts, particularly for cobalt.
 

Baja Mining's Management Team (left to right):
William Murray, Robert Mouat, Eric Norton, John Greenslade, Kendra Low,
Terry Hodson, Scott Britton, and Rowland Wallenius