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About Wes Roberts

Vice President, HB Global Advisors Corp, Toronto

Vice-President of HB Global Advisors Corp (the Heenan Blaikie’s Mining group) Wes Roberts is a professional engineer specializing in the economic evaluation and development of mineral deposits. He brings to the firm more than 25 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining operations, project engineering and management, as well as diverse mining engineering experience that includes precious and base metals and industrial minerals.

Previously, Mr. Roberts held numerous positions in mining operations as well as in mining engineering consulting services with Derry, Michener, Booth & Wahl, Davy International (Aker Kvaerner mining & metals) and BLM Bharti Engineering. Following completion of business school, he worked as Project Evaluation Consultant to Inco Limited and also engaged in assignments for the EuroZinc Mining Corporation, SRK Consulting and Griffiths McBurney & Partners. Most recently, Mr. Roberts was Vice-President of Corporate Development at Breakwater Resources Ltd.

Mr. Roberts has been a licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario since 1984.

Education

M.B.A. (Finance), York University (Schulich School of Business), 2001

M.Sc. (Mining Engineering), Queen's University, 1992

B.Sc. (Mining Engineering), Queen's University, 1982

About Heenan Blaikie

Heenan Blaikie is one of Canada’s top national law firms. We deliver strategic legal advice and innovative business solutions under seven broad comercial sectors: business law, labour and employment, litigation, tax,

intellectual property, entertainment, mining, oil and gas, and natural resources. Our clients range from Canada’s largest firms to regional start-ups, public institutions and government bodies. We also represent multinational and international clients seeking to protect and expand their interests in Canada.

Our lawyers are regularly called upon to play key roles in policy setting, decision making and transactions of all kinds. Our expertise covers banking and financial services, construction, energy, entertainment and media, forests and mines, insurance, life sciences and technology, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, real estate, retail, sports, telecommunications, and transportation.

The firm now has more than 500 lawyers and professionals in 9 offices in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. HB Global has offices in Paris, Santiago and Singapore.

To know more visit: http://www.heenan.ca/

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Articles by Wes Roberts

NI 43-101 Policy – Production Decision - Oct 19, 2011
Introduction This is my seventh installment of an article, which covers a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. Please forward any criticism and/or feedback on any of the topics discussed to me via info@smallcappower.com. If you choose to read on, be aware that I am not providing any financial or legal advice! Technical This is the technical portion of the article in which I explore economic issues and provide analysis of mineral deposits. I apologize for taking a bit of a Read more...
Economic Analysis of Mineral Deposits - Feb 16, 2011
Introduction This is my fifth installment of a monthly article which covers a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. Please forward any criticism and/or feedback on any of the topics discussed. If you choose to read on, be aware that I do not directly provide any financial or legal advice! Technical This is the technical portion of the article in which I explore the importance of economic analysis of mineral deposits. In my experience, the economic analysis Read more...
Economic Analysis of Mineral Deposits Presentation Summary - Dec 10, 2010
Introduction This is my fourth installment of a monthly article which covers a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. Again, I invite any criticism and much appreciated feedback which I can use to evolve the writing style and topics to be more inline with your needs and interests. If you chose to read on, you need to be warned that I don’t provide financial or legal advice. Technical This is the technical portion of the article in which I explore the importance of econo Read more...
Economic Analysis of Mineral Deposits- Part III: October 2010 - Oct 25, 2010
Introduction This is my third installment of a monthly article which will cover a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. Again, I invite any criticism and much appreciated feedback which I can use to evolve the writing style and topics to be more inline with your needs and interests. Technical This is the technical portion of the article in which I explore the importance of economic analysis of mineral deposits. In my experience, the economic analysis of mineral d Read more...
Economic Analysis of Mineral Deposits Series- Part II: September 2010 - Sep 07, 2010
Introduction This is my second installment of a monthly article which will cover a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. Again, I invite any criticism and much appreciated feedback which I can use to evolve the writing style and topics to be more inline with your needs and interests. Last month I gave a broad introduction of my background and experience in the mining industry as well as my role as VP Mining at HB Global Advisors. As mentioned previously I&rs Read more...
Economic Analysis of Mineral Deposits - Jul 31, 2010
This is my first installment of a month article which will cover a variety of mining industry and mineral economic topics. At this stage I’m very much in the dark as to who the reader might be and hope that with some constructive criticism and much appreciated feedback I can quickly evolve my writing style and topics to be inline with the needs and interests of the audience. As an introduction, you should know that I have practiced mining engineering as a Professional En Read more...