Brian Edward Beckett – Curriculum Vitae /Career Mi

Brian Edward Beckett – Curriculum Vitae /Career Milestones

Date of birth: February 29th 1952

Aston Woodhouse High School, Rotherham, UK 1963-1968

- Rotherham College of Technology, Rotherham, UK1969- 1973

Residence: Rotherham, UK

Executive Summary:

A vastly experienced chief executive officer & consultant, with 45 years expertise across a broad range of minerals, metal & chemical refining, smelting, processing production applications.

Acknowledged authority on high performance metals and alloys, especially including those produced from ores /secondary units of beryllium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, hafnium, lithium, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, platinum group metals, rhenium, rare earths various, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium & zirconium.

Career Summary

1970 – 1979 - London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Ltd, Rotherham, UK (nowadays AMG Superalloys)

Raw materials Purchasing & Production Control

Acquisition of raw materials including primary resource mineral ores, secondary metal units and metal-based chemicals for production of High-Performance Materials for eventual use in Super & Strategic Alloys /Steel making for ultimate use in Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer & Industrial Electronics, Defence, Heavy Engineering, Machine Tools, Powder metallurgy.
Production methodology including via metal ores “natural resources “and /or secondary metal units from the “urban mine industrial by product scenario “

Smelting by thermit reduction to produce ferro, master and binary alloys
Refining via wet Chemical reduction to produce metal-based compounds/ salts in noble and high-performance metals and/or binaries
Smelting via hydrogen reduction specific metal oxides (produced from 2 above) to produce metal powders /metal products for various types of remelting /upworking.
Carburization of specific metal powders (from 3 above) for use in high performance tooling for aerospace & automotive applications
Smelting via air & Vacuum induction melting of primary and secondary materials to produce ferro, master and binary alloys
Smelting via Electric Arc (single and triple phase) Furnaces, then AOD Refining & Reduction to produce ferro, master and binary alloys as cast and granular/powder product, in varying alloy ranges.
Crushing/Grinding/Pelletising/Screening of Ores, Ferro, Master & Binary alloys, Pure, alloyed and carburized metal powders, to produce finished products for eventual end use in a host of different industries.
Engineered billet reduction, via Rod and Wire Drawing of a range of metal-based alloys.

1980-2012 : ABS Industrial Resources Group

1980- Founder /Chairman of above company
1982- Opened facility in Mexborough UK. Business model processing & refining & melting ores & secondary materials, specialising in Supply of metal units such as alloys based on Cobalt, Iron, Hafnium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Tantalum, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zirconium
1987 – Revised focus of business to incorporate 3 divisions, Alloy Metals & Minerals (AMM) Supply, Logistics, Packaging.
1989 – Formed ABS Refractory Products Design /Build and Stockholding Company (2001 - sold to mgmt team as deemed non core)
1990 – Formed ABS Industrial Construction, Design and Build Company (1996- sold to mgmt team as deemed non core)
1991 – Formed ABS Graphite & Minerals (closed in 2002, after Chinese agency agreements were illegally breached & curtailed by Chinese principals who formed own sales company in Europe)
1994 – Formed subsidiary company ABS South Africa, replicating Core UK AMM Business model, headquartered in Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1996 – Formed subsidiary company Tungsten Alloys Manufacturing Ltd (TAM), via acquisition of business, plant and equipment of Mallory Metallurgical Co., London a producer of Tungsten Heavy Alloys & components (company sold via mgmt buyout in 2006)
1998 - Formed subsidiary Special Metals Supplies UK, forging and rolling high performance metals with particular focus on Hafnium, Molybdenum, Niobium, Tantalum & Zirconium (business unit incorporated into AMM in 2008in response to market evolution and influence of mainly Chinese competition)
1998- Formed subsidiary company Mars Metal SAS, France. Sales /Trading arm of Core UK AMM Business model, based in Northern Paris.
2003 – Formed subsidiary APT Rwanda, mining and processing mineral ores including beryllium, lithium, coltan, tin & tungsten (sold to local partner in 2008 when local partner was discovered to have become involved in mineral smuggling from conflicted adjoining countries)
2006- Formed subsidiary ABS America in USA, replicating Core UK AMM Business model, based in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

2013 – ABS Group Acquired by ELG Utica Division of Germany’s Haniel Group.

2004 – date

– Formed Kerilee Investments (KI) Beckett Family Investment Company.
– KI adopted strategy of investment in mining & mineral concessions in developing world, with specific geographic focus on Africa, Amblygonite (Li), Beryl, Coltan (Nb/|Ta) and Wolframite (Tungsten), containing ores
- KI invested in & took 75% controlling share in newco Kerilee Mineral Investments Rwanda Ltd (KMIR) to promote mineral investments in African Great Lakes Region
- KI contracted prefunding and marketing responsibility contract for & with iTSCi member Britcon, an Anglo /DRC JV based in Punia, DRC.

2016 - KI invested in & took 75% controlling share in newco Kerilee Investments Uganda Ltd, strategy being to cross invest into specific Uganda based Minerals & Agricultural Industry projects

2016 – took 75% shareholding via KI in MMB Metals, Kiel Germany to develop international alloy /metal /mineral trading portfolio. Local managing director and co- shareholder Mr Bjorn Kohlhaas.

– Formed Uganda Subsidiary KI3R Minerals Ltd to develop /manage Nyamuliro Wolframite (Tungsten) Mine on behalf of local company leaseholder Krone Uganda Ltd /mortgage holders Tropical Bank Ltd
-2018 – KI3R Concluded negotiations with Tropical Bank to acquire 100% interest in Nyamuliro Mine after bank foreclosed on former owners.
– Signed long term offtake agreements for Ugandan product with two “ blue chip “consumers being

Sandvik Group of Sweden via their Austrian refinery WBH
Sumitomo Electric of Japan via their USA joint venture partner company Niagara Refining in Buffalo Tungsten Inc, Buffalo, New York State.

Invested in Project N, to define, explore & exploit Copper, Beryl etc concessions in, South Western Africa, via subsidiary company Kerilee Investments Pty Ltd.

2016/9 – Invested in Project S, after initial contact and feasibility studies with UK based S national, formed specific minerals company Ltd, headquartered in London. Company holds 10 year contract with S Ministry of Energy & Minerals, with 96 sq kms concession areas, initial geological surveys illustrate sustainable mineral exploitation of various minerals including Beryl, Copper, Lithium /Caesium /Rubidium Tantalum (LCT) pegmatites & Tungsten (Ferberite).

– date

KI other Core activity, Metallurgical Consultancy Services

Professional Management to fill project roles with various Industry Partners, Projects include specific executive roles in Chemical /Metallurgical and High-Performance Steel /Powder Metallurgy industries
Best practice disposal and business development to industry partners, recycling groups focusing on industrial by products.
Ongoing Analysis of Audit Scheme Industry Bodies & Key Actors in Central African Minerals business, on behalf of retained clients.

Brian Edward Beckett – Curriculum /Career

Brian Edward Beckett – Curriculum Vitae /Career Milestones

Date of birth: February 29th 1952

Aston Woodhouse High School, Rotherham, UK 1963-1968

- Rotherham College of Technology, Rotherham, UK1969- 1973

Residence: Rotherham, UK

Executive Summary:

A vastly experienced chief executive officer & consultant, with 45 years expertise across a broad range of minerals, metal & chemical refining, smelting, processing production applications.

Career Summary

1970 – 1979 - London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Ltd, Rotherham, UK (nowadays AMG Superalloys)

Raw materials Purchasing & Production Control

Production methodology including via metal ores “natural resources “and /or secondary metal units from the “urban mine industrial by product scenario “

Smelting by thermit reduction to produce ferro, master and binary alloys

Refining via wet Chemical reduction to produce metal-based compounds/ salts in noble and high-performance metals and/or binaries

Smelting via hydrogen reduction specific metal oxides (produced from 2 above) to produce metal powders /metal products for various types of remelting /upworking.

Carburization of specific metal powders (from 3 above) for use in high performance tooling for aerospace & automotive applications

Smelting via air & Vacuum induction melting of primary and secondary materials to produce ferro, master and binary alloys

Smelting via Electric Arc (single and triple phase) Furnaces, then AOD Refining & Reduction to produce ferro, master and binary alloys as cast and granular/powder product, in varying alloy ranges.

Crushing/Grinding/Pelletising/Screening of Ores, Ferro, Master & Binary alloys, Pure, alloyed and carburized metal powders, to produce finished products for eventual end use in a host of different industries.

Engineered billet reduction, via Rod and Wire Drawing of a range of metal-based alloys.

1980-2012 : ABS Industrial Resources Group

1980- Founder /Chairman of above company

1982- Opened facility in Mexborough UK. Business model processing & refining & melting ores & secondary materials, specialising in Supply of metal units such as alloys based on Cobalt, Iron, Hafnium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Tantalum, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zirconium

1987 – Revised focus of business to incorporate 3 divisions, Alloy Metals & Minerals (AMM) Supply, Logistics, Packaging.

1989 – Formed ABS Refractory Products Design /Build and Stockholding Company (2001 - sold to mgmt team as deemed non core)

1990 – Formed ABS Industrial Construction, Design and Build Company (1996- sold to mgmt team as deemed non core)

1991 – Formed ABS Graphite & Minerals (closed in 2002, after Chinese agency agreements were illegally breached & curtailed by Chinese principals who formed own sales company in Europe)

1994 – Formed subsidiary company ABS South Africa, replicating Core UK AMM Business model, headquartered in Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa.

1996 – Formed subsidiary company Tungsten Alloys Manufacturing Ltd (TAM), via acquisition of business, plant and equipment of Mallory Metallurgical Co., London a producer of Tungsten Heavy Alloys & components (company sold via mgmt buyout in 2006)

1998 - Formed subsidiary Special Metals Supplies UK, forging and rolling high performance metals with particular focus on Hafnium, Molybdenum, Niobium, Tantalum & Zirconium (business unit incorporated into AMM in 2008in response to market evolution and influence of mainly Chinese competition)

1998- Formed subsidiary company Mars Metal SAS, France. Sales /Trading arm of Core UK AMM Business model, based in Northern Paris.

2003 – Formed subsidiary APT Rwanda, mining and processing mineral ores including beryllium, lithium, coltan, tin & tungsten (sold to local partner in 2008 when local partner was discovered to have become involved in mineral smuggling from conflicted adjoining countries)

2006- Formed subsidiary ABS America in USA, replicating Core UK AMM Business model, based in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

2013 – ABS Group Acquired by ELG Utica Division of Germany’s Haniel Group.

2004 – date

– Formed Kerilee Investments (KI) Beckett Family Investment Company.

– KI adopted strategy of investment in mining & mineral concessions in developing world, with specific geographic focus on Africa, Amblygonite (Li), Beryl, Coltan (Nb/|Ta) and Wolframite (Tungsten), containing ores

- KI invested in & took 75% controlling share in newco Kerilee Mineral Investments Rwanda Ltd (KMIR) to promote mineral investments in African Great Lakes Region

- KI contracted prefunding and marketing responsibility contract for & with iTSCi member Britcon, an Anglo /DRC JV based in Punia, DRC.

2016 - KI invested in & took 75% controlling share in newco Kerilee Investments Uganda Ltd, strategy being to cross invest into specific Uganda based Minerals & Agricultural Industry projects

2016 – took 75% shareholding via KI in MMB Metals, Kiel Germany to develop international alloy /metal /mineral trading portfolio. Local managing director and co- shareholder Mr Bjorn Kohlhaas.

– Formed Uganda Subsidiary KI3R Minerals Ltd to develop /manage Nyamuliro Wolframite (Tungsten) Mine on behalf of local company leaseholder Krone Uganda Ltd /mortgage holders Tropical Bank Ltd

-2018 – KI3R Concluded negotiations with Tropical Bank to acquire 100% interest in Nyamuliro Mine after bank foreclosed on former owners.

– Signed long term offtake agreements for Ugandan product with two “ blue chip “consumers being

Sandvik Group of Sweden via their Austrian refinery WBH

Sumitomo Electric of Japan via their USA joint venture partner company Niagara Refining in Buffalo Tungsten Inc, Buffalo, New York State.

Invested in Project N, to define, explore & exploit Copper, Beryl etc concessions in, South Western Africa, via subsidiary company Kerilee Investments Pty Ltd.

– date

KI other Core activity, Metallurgical Consultancy Services

Professional Management to fill project roles with various Industry Partners, Projects include specific executive roles in Chemical /Metallurgical and High-Performance Steel /Powder Metallurgy industries

Best practice disposal and business development to industry partners, recycling groups focusing on industrial by products.

Ongoing Analysis of Audit Scheme Industry Bodies & Key Actors in Central African Minerals business, on behalf of retained clients.