Leadership
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Smith serves as 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. Castle is CEO of US Vanadium. With a background in engineering, Mr. Castle has over 30 years’ experience across company leadership, project/operational delivery and transformation, technical planning and implementation, fund management, business development and governance roles.
Mr. Weiss has over 30 years of experience in the mining, trading, and chemical sectors as an owner and management executive. He joined Prince International Corporation, a global specialty minerals and chemicals manufacturer, in 2004 and served as its Executive Vice President until 2020.
John Hadfield is the CFO of TechMet Limited, a private investment company committed to building an ethical supply chain of critical minerals to meet the exponential demand growth from the energy transition, AI, and robotics. John has over 20 years of financial leadership in the resources sector. He was formally CFO of KAZ Minerals PLC, a FTSE 250 high growth copper company and had an extensive career with BG Group PLC, a FTSE 100 integrated gas major, where he led finance teams in the UK, Egypt and Australia.
Daniel Katz has over 30 years’ experience in the metals business, starting in 1991 when he joined the traffic department of Considar Inc. (which became Traxys in 2003 after its merger with Sogem). After a few short years, he shifted to trading, where he became involved in trading vanadium products geared towards the steel industry. Since 1997, has had overall responsibility for the noble alloys and rare earths trading divisions and is currently Senior Vice President – Noble Alloys and Rare Earths at Traxys North America LLC. Mr. Katz received his BA in history from Yeshiva University in 1990.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Darryll Castle
Chief Executive Officer
Christian James
General Manager
Mark Murchison
Chief Financial Officer
Jared Cooley
Senior Manager of Finance & Administration
Ryan Dossey
Director of Operations
Alicia Enslin
Director of Technology
Corey McCollom
Director of Sales and Marketing
Corne Enslin
Project Manager
Shane Weatherford
Director of Non-Process Services
