Polymet Mining Corp. - Management

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	Phillip Brodie-Hall Position: Executive VP Project Development Mr. Brodie-Hall's career spans more than 30 years in the engineering and construction industry. During that time he has developed a wealth of experience in the evaluation and development of mining and mineral processing projects around the world. He joins PolyMet after 15 years as a senior manager in the Bateman group, where he played a key role in building that group into a world-leading, process-oriented, engineering and project management company. He has been involved in a host of successful projects around the globe including projects in Australia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the former Soviet Union and the Americas.

	LaTisha Gietzen Position: VP Public & Environmental Affairs Ms. Gietzen has over 10 years experience in environmental planning, government relations and has created and implemented numerous environmental programs as well as overseeing many successful permitting events. Prior to joining PolyMet Ms. Gietzen was Cleveland Cliffs District Manager of Public Affairs for Minnesota. Previous to that she was Manager of Environmental and Governmental affairs for National Steel Pellet Company and continued in a similar role with U.S. Steel Corporation after the acquisition of National in 2003. Ms. Gietzen is Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Committee of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the board of directors of the Iron Mining Association for 2000 - 2007 and has been actively involved in modifying environmental policy in Minnesota. She earned an MA in Management at St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN and a BS in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on the environment from the University of North Dakota.

	Andrew (Andy) Clark Position: Project Manager Process Plant Mr. Clark has more than 30 years experience in the design and management of mining, industrial, materials handling, chemicals and petrochemical industries. Mr. Clark's professional qualifications include a master's degree in engineering from the Imperial College of London University and registration as a Project Management Professional. He has functioned in senior management roles and has extensive international experience as a project manager. He has worked for both major clients including junior mining companies throughout the world. In 2006 Mr. Clark was contracted by Bateman Engineering Pty Ltd, Brisbane, to develop the implementation strategy for the design and construction phase of the NorthMet project and to identify and engage the EPCM companies for the detail design and construction management

	Gaston Reymenants Position: Vice President Marketing Mr. Reymenants graduated from the Universities of Brussels, Leuven and Antwerp in Economics, Industrial Marketing, International Law, and Foreign Languages. Mr. Reymenants had a twenty year career with a major mining company as a metals trader. For twelve years, he has worked as an independent with specific expertise in the nickel and cobalt markets. His role will be to lead negotiations with off-take companies for the LME Grade copper cathodes from PolyMet and the nickel and platinum group metals concentrates. He spent over 20 years with Falconbridge in different management positions, principally in the sales group for the marketing, logistics and acquisition of raw materials. Thereafter he worked as an independent contractor and had a number of joint venture enterprises with the Norils'k Kombinat & subsidiaries in Russia, partners in China and other clients in former USSR countries. He has also been involved in the start-up of junior mining projects in Australia, North America, South America and Africa. He is an active member of the Cobalt Development Institute, the Minor Metals Trade Association (Arbitration Committee), and several other professional associations.

	Don Hunter, C.Eng., CP (Mining), FAusIMM, MIOM3, ARSM Position: Project Manager During Mr. Hunter's 30-year career in the mining industry he has been involved in all aspects of mine development ranging from feasibility and mine engineering studies, through mine production supervision at both mine site and corporate levels, mine general management, senior technical support roles and as a consulting engineer. His experience covers both open pit and underground mining and a variety of commodities including copper, gold, nickel, various other base metals, bauxite, coal and industrial minerals. Currently resident in Australia, Mr. Hunter has extensive international experience having lived and worked in Chile, Suriname, Peru, South Africa, Indonesia, Spain and Australia. Mr. Hunter divides his time between the Brisbane design office and the project office in Minnesota For a significant part of his career Mr. Hunter has been involved in project evaluation and development work both as a consulting engineer representing prospective investors and as part of a mining company's technical evaluation team. He has managed or taken a leading role in feasibility studies in Spain (tungsten), Suriname (bauxite), Western Australia (zinc/lead and bauxite), New Caledonia (nickel), Chile (gold), South Africa (zinc, gold, tungsten and coal), Sweden (copper/gold) and Colombia (nickel and coal) and has been involved in numerous project evaluations and due diligence assessments in locations as far afield as Australia (gold, coal and copper), Greece (copper/gold), Siberia (copper/gold), Peru (gold & base metals), Indonesia (gold & coal), China (gold & coal), Solomon Islands (gold) and Papua New Guinea (nickel & gold). Prior to joining PolyMet Mining Corp. Mr. Hunter worked for Hatch Associates as their Regional Director for mining and mineral processing. Before that, with SRK Consulting as Principal Mining Engineer, for MIM Holdings Ltd as Group Mining Engineer and as General Manager Mining -- Mt Isa Mines and as General Manager for a Chilean gold mining company. Prior to that Mr. Hunter worked for 17 years with Shell's mining subsidiary, Billiton International Metals BV in a variety of international and head office roles.

	Jim Scott Position: Manager - Environmental Mr. Scott is an engineer in the mining industry with 33 years of mining experience in engineering, maintenance, information technology/process automation, research, environmental affairs and management at Cleveland Cliffs Inc. (Cliffs). Mr. Scott is based near the PolyMet project site at Hoyt Lakes Minnesota and is intimately familiar with the environmental regulations and the personnel in the respective agencies. Before joining PolyMet's Project Development Team, Mr. Scott worked as a Manager at Cliffs-Erie, designing and managing mine closure and remediation programs. Cliffs-Erie is the site of the NorthMet project processing plant. His career at Cleveland Cliffs included many positions culminating as Manager -- Technical Services (engineering, process development and environmental). Mr. Scott's previous corporate positions included manager of corporate operations, manager of the information technology and process automation group and manager of a major research lab. These positions supported five major North American mines.

	Richard Patelke, M.Sc., Registered Professional Geologist Position: NorthMet Project Geologist Mr. Patelke is a registered Professional Geologist with an M.Sc. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Patelke has been working on the geology and economic mineralization of the Duluth Complex, which hosts the NorthMet deposit, since 1990. He is highly regarded in the Minnesota mining industry for his broad knowledge of the geology of the Duluth Complex, Mesabi Iron Range, and surrounding region. His practical and direct involvement in a number of non-ferrous and ferrous development projects in Minnesota will be invaluable in streamlining PolyMet's development of the NorthMet deposit. Mr. Patelke has practical, day to day, mining experience from his time as a Mine Geologist at Meridian Gold's Beartrack Mine in Idaho. Mr. Patelke's specific knowledge and experience allow him to meet the criteria of Qualified Person in terms of National Instrument 43-101 for all aspects of geologic interpretation for the NorthMet Project.