Chairman / Director
Graham Harris, B.A.
Chairman / Director Mr. Harris has over 30 years’ experience in the finance industry, including as a senior VP of Canaccord Genuity Corp. (1999-2004) and as a senior VP and partner of Yorkton Securities (1989-1999). He has directly raised over 400 million in development and venture capital for public and private companies. He was a founder of Cap-Ex Iron Ore Ltd., a founding director of M2 Cobalt Corp- recently merged with ASX listed Jervois Mining Ltd. and is the founder of Millennial Lithium Corp . Mr Harris currently serves as a Chairman and Director of Millennial Lithium Corp.President and CEO / Director
Farhad Abasov, MBA
President and CEO / DirectorMr. Abasov has over 15 years of experience founding and managing natural resource companies. Most recently Mr. Abasov served as President & CEO of Allana Potash Corp., a potash development company which was sold to Israel Chemical Ltd. for $170M in 2015. Mr. Abasov was also the Executive Chairman of Rodinia Lithium, a company developing lithium brine assets in Argentina. Previous to Allana Mr. Abasov was a co-founder of Potash One which was acquired by German potash company K+S for $430M in 2010. Prior to Potash One Mr. Abasov was a Senior Vice President, Strategy at Energy Metals which was acquired by Uranium One for $1.8B in 2007. Mr. Abasov brings a unique skill set of leadership and proven ability to build strong shareholder value by successfully developing early stage assets.
Director
Kyle Stevenson, B. Comm.
DirectorMr. Stevenson is the past CEO/President of Millennial Lithium and brings 15 years experience in finance, marketing and investor relations to board. Mr. Stevenson is a serial entrepreneur and is a founder of several TSX.v listed companies in the resource and technology sectors.
Director
Richard Lacroix, P.Eng.
DirectorMr. Lacroix has extensive experience in all aspects of potash mining, processing and marketing including 30+ years with Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (PCS). Mr. Lacroix is a former Senior Vice President of PCS and former Director of Canpotex and former Chairman of Canpotex Bulk Terminals. Most recently Mr. Lacroix served as a Director for Allana Potash Corp. In addition to an extensive career in potash Mr. Lacroix was involved in base metal mining operations in northern Canada and Ontario. Mr. Lacroix brings a wealth of experience in large-scale mining operations, product marketing, distribution and transportation.
Director
Jack Scott, MBA. P.Eng.
DirectorMr. Scott is currently Executive Vice President, Major Projects of the Alberici Group. Mr. Scott’s prior roles include senior executive positions in publicly-traded Allana Potash Corp.; NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. and AGRA Inc. (now part of Wood Group plc). Mr. Scott has also held executive roles at Advanced Applied Physics Solutions Inc. at TRIUMF, Canada’s national particle physics lab; Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; and ADCOM Inc. Mr. Scott has a P.Eng in Chemical Engineering from Queens University and a MBA from UWO.
COO / Vice President-Development and Exploration
Iain Scarr, MBA BSc. Geology
COO / Vice President-Development and ExplorationA seasoned geologist and former senior executive with Rio Tinto, Mr. Scarr benefits from an illustrious career spanning nearly 30 years with the world’s second largest mining company. Among his many accomplishments, he played a key role in multiple mineral discoveries in North and South America, as well as Africa.
He has also worked on the commercial justification for the world’s largest lithium resource — the lithium-borate deposit in Serbia.
Following his career with Rio Tinto, he joined Lithium One Inc. to advance the Sal de Vida lithium brine deposit in Argentina through to feasibility (a production decision) with Galaxy Resources. Following Galaxy, Mr. Scarr worked for the Enirgi Group, overseeing the completion of a positive feasibility study for a processing plant at the world-class Rincon lithium brine project, which is also in Argentina.
Senior Vice President-Technical Services
Peter J. MacLean, Ph.D., P. Geo.
Senior Vice President-Technical ServicesDr. MacLean has over 25 years of exploration and development experience in North America, South America and Africa. Most recently Dr. MacLean acted as SVP-Exploration of Allana Potash Corp. and directed all exploration and development activities on its flagship Danakhil Potash Project in Ethiopia up to its takeover by ICL including managing the Company’s Feasibility Study and overseeing pilot solution mining and evaporation pond trials. Dr. MacLean has also worked extensively on base metal and precious metal projects throughout the Americas and is fluent in Spanish. Dr. MacLean will work closely with Iain Scarr, Millennial’s COO, to assist with the current development program of the Company’s brine assets in Argentina.
Vice President-Capital Markets
Alex Langer
Vice President-Capital MarketsMr. Alexander Langer is a successful public markets specialist with over 12 years of experience in all aspects of equity financing. Mr. Langer started his career as an Investment Advisor with Canaccord Wealth Management, where he helped fund over 100 private and publically listed companies in various sectors including technology, mining, health care, forestry, and green technology. Alex has worked with numerous private and publically traded companies in various senior management positions including: CEO, President, Director, Capital Markets, Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and Marketing.
Corporate Secretary
Brian Morrison, BComm
Corporate SecretaryMr. Morrison received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Northern British Columbia in 2004 and completed the Canadian securities course in 2006. From January 2005 to May 2008, Mr. Morrison was an account manager with Computershare Investor Services Inc., an international full-service financial services, corporate trust and stock transfer company. Since June 2008, he has been a self-employed consultant working in the area of public company administration. Mr. Morrison currently serves and has previously served as a director or as chief financial officer of various publicly traded issuers.
Technical Advisory Board Members
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Vijay Mehta, PhD
Advisory Board MemberA world-renowned expert in lithium mining, extraction, and processing, Dr. Vijay Mehta brings to Millennial Lithium nearly five decades of experience. He has consulted to all of the “Who’s Who” in the global lithium mining industry.
In particular, his services are greatly sought-after for his expertise in optimizing solar energy for lithium brine processing, as well as the production of high-purity (battery grade) lithium end products.
His skill set also includes evaluating the technological and economic feasibility of lithium brine projects around the world, as well as cost competitive analysis comparisons. Among his many other scientific accomplishments, he holds more than 12 lithium-related US patents, and has published over 50 technology reports and, as well as ten academic papers.