PolyMet Taps Denton Henkelman as Vice President and Project Director
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PolyMet Mining Corp. has appointed Denton Henkelman as vice president and project director.
In a career spanning 36 years, Denton Henkelman has led engineering and construction of major hard rock mining projects including the Eagle nickel-copper mine in Michigan, the Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, iron-ore expansions, oil sands developments, and ancillary facilities such as refineries, shipping ports, water management systems and railways globally. Most recently, Henkelman was project director of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s major iron ore mine expansion in the Canadian Arctic.
“Denton brings deep and expansive engineering and construction management experience to PolyMet, having led or contributed significantly to the development of some of the most advanced hard rock mines in the world. We are pleased to have him join our team,” said Jon Cherry, chairman, president and CEO.
Numbered in Henkelman’s project development portfolio are Rio Tinto’s Yarwun II alumina refinery project in Queensland, Australia, Cleveland Cliffs’ Bloom Lake Iron Ore mine expansion in northern Quebec, Canada, and OPTI Canada Inc.’s Long Lake Phase I Oil Sands Upgrader located near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
About PolyMet
PolyMet is a mine development company that owns 100 percent of the NorthMet Project, the first large-scale project to have received permits within the Duluth Complex in northeastern Minnesota, one of the world’s major, undeveloped mining regions. NorthMet has significant proven and probable reserves of copper, nickel and palladium — metals vital to infrastructure improvements and global carbon reduction efforts — in addition to marketable reserves of cobalt, platinum and gold. When operational, NorthMet will become one of the leading producers of nickel, palladium and cobalt in the U.S., feeding the supply chain with high-demand, responsibly mined metals crucial to the manufacture of clean energy and clean mobility technologies such as wind and solar generation, battery storage and electric vehicles.
Located in the Mesabi Iron Range, the project will provide economic diversity while leveraging the region’s established supplier network and skilled workforce and generate a level of activity that will have a significant effect in the local economy.
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