About U.S. Vanadium LLC
U.S. Vanadium LLC produces and sells a range of specialty vanadium chemicals, including the highest-purity Vanadium Pentoxide (“V205“) in the world. The company is comprised of global leaders and investors in the specialty chemicals and strategic materials sectors, including in the mining, processing, purification, and sales and distribution of vanadium specialty chemicals.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Smith serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of US Vanadium and was a significant early investor in the Company. The former President and CEO of vanadium-producer Largo Resources Ltd., Mr. Smith has nearly 40 years of experience in the mining and mineral processing industries.
Mr. Harris has more than 40 years of experience in the vanadium industry, having served in engineering, production and executive roles managing companies around the world. Mr. Harris started his career with Union Carbide’s Mining and Metals Division after graduating with a BSc in Chemical Engineering in 1977.
Mr. Perles has more than 30 years of experience in the vanadium industry in roles including sales, marketing, strategic planning and senior management. Mr. Perles joined US Steel Corporation in 1980 as a Construction Management Engineer and held assignments at the company’s steel mills in Homestead and Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Menell is the CEO and Chairman of TechMet Limited. TechMet is a private company building a scalable platform of world-class assets that produce, process and recycling ‘technology metals’ – the critical ingredients of the energy revolution. Brian has more than 25 years’ of owning, developing and operating natural resource and mining projects across 18 sub-Saharan countries, the CIS, and Canada.
Mr. Weiss joined Prince International Corporation, a global specialty minerals and chemicals manufacturer, in 2004 and served as its Executive Vice President until 2020. Previously he served as President of American Minerals, Inc, a US-based processor of industrial minerals.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mark Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Scott
Plant Manager
Chad Martin
Chief Operating Officer
Karla Barker
Controller
Shane Weatherford
Director of Human Relations and Environment, Health & Safety
