Electra Appoints Metallurgist with 30 Years of Experience as VP of Technology
December 05 2023 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSX-V:
ELBM) (“Electra”) today announced that George Puvvada, Ph.D.,
P.Eng., PMP, was appointed Vice President of Metallurgy and
Technology effective today. Dr. Puvvada, who brings 30 years of
experience developing effective flowsheets for recovering metals
from complex formations and completing large-scale projects with
some of the mining industry’s largest companies, including Cameco,
Xstrata, Vale, and Inco.
Dr. Puvvada joined Electra in 2020 as Technical Manager and led
the development of the company’s flowsheets for producing
battery-grade cobalt sulfate and recycling black mass material to
recover high value elements, including nickel, cobalt, lithium,
copper and manganese. Dr. Puvvada guided Electra’s efforts to
produce high quality nickel, cobalt and lithium carbonate products
from North America’s only plant scale battery materials recycling
trial to date.
“George’s promotion to Vice President, Metallurgy and Technology
is a testament to his dedication, hard work and the success we have
achieved with our black mass recycling trial,” said Trent Mell,
Electra’s CEO. “As a member of the senior leadership team, George
brings invaluable industry experience and subject matter expertise
as we pursue our strategy of becoming the leading North American
refinery of electric vehicle battery materials.”
Prior to joining Electra, Dr. Puvvada was employed with Northern
Sun Mining, overseeing all aspects of feed evaluation,
metallurgical processing, lab supervision and project development.
He also previously worked as a metallurgist at the Peko Mine in
Australia, testing, developing and piloting for the recovery of
base and precious metals. Dr. Puvvada has also worked with some of
the world’s leading metallurgical and engineering firms, including
SNC Lavalin, Tetra Tech, Ortech and SGS.
Dr. Puvvada holds a bachelor’s degree in Mineral Processing from
Andhra University in India and a PhD in Extractive Metallurgy from
the University of New South Wales in Australia.
About Electra Battery Materials Electra is a
processor of low-carbon, ethically-sourced battery materials.
Currently constructing North America’s only cobalt sulfate
refinery, Electra is executing a multipronged strategy focused on
onshoring the electric vehicle supply chain. Keys to its strategy
are integrating black mass recycling and nickel sulfate production
at Electra’s refinery located north of Toronto, advancing Iron
Creek, its cobalt-copper exploration-stage project in the Idaho
Cobalt Belt, and expanding cobalt sulfate processing into
Bécancour, Quebec. For more information visit
www.ElectraBMC.com.
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