Biography

Brent Hilscher has 19 years experience in mining and mineral processing. He has commissioned, operated, and supervised mineral processing plants. He has published papers, patented technologies, and been a speaker at over a dozen conferences and universities in Canada and around the world. Brent has led design, and construction projects for Teck, Goldcorp, New Gold, Barrick, Xstrata, Agnico Eagle, and many others. He won the National CMP Bill Moore Award for technical excellence in 2013, and served as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. Because of his technical reputation Brent has been consulted as an advisor for the World Bank, United Nations, Government of Canada, and NASA mining research projects. He has volunteered as an executive for both the CIM and CMP. Brent is a leader in the field of sorting, with over 40 projects in 4 years and more than a dozen papers, articles, and presentations. Brent is currently a director of Process and Origination for DRA. A global mining engineering company with over 4000 people.