Roy Shipes

Harold (Roy) Shipes has over 50 years of commercial experience in metals & mining, primarily in engineering and project development around the world including the US, Canada, Peru, Australia, PNG, Venezuela and Mexico. He was chief executive and general manager of OK Tedi Mining, general manager of operations for the Southern Peru Copper Corporation and Phelps Dodge Corp. Mr Shipes is also the founder and president of several North American focused mining companies including American Pacific Mining, Western States Engineering and Atlas Precious Metals (the owner of the Fort Cady assets). Prior to his mining career, Mr Shipes was a captain in the US Air Force.