Walt Halipchuk

Copper Mountain Eco Solutions mission is to deliver innovative and strategic business opportunities to improve the sustainability and bottom line performance of companies in the resource industry. Leveraging thirty plus years of mining industry experience Walt has built the skill set necessary to be a leading global commercial strategist and energy manager leading corporate sustainability initiatives. As the team leader of Copper Mountain Eco Solutions – Walt has a proven record of delivering world class pioneering sustainability projects. A project leader and motivator of skilled professionals he draws on his vast career experiences and academic and professional training as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Strategic Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) & Energy Manager (AEE) Association of Energy Engineers, Economist (BA Econ.).

Responsible for developing innovative and strategic business opportunities to improve the sustainability performance of the Corporation.

Responsible for developing innovative and strategic business opportunities to improve the sustainability performance of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation. As Corporate Energy Management lead responsible to provide strategic leadership in developing long-range energy optimization and climate action plans, business cases and funding proposals.

Oversee Administrative and Commercial functions for the Company, including major procurement initiatives and supply chain management. Copper Mountain's Cloncurry project in Queensland Australia includes the development ready Eva Copper Project. On the Eva Project functions as the Owner's Materials management representative during the EPCM phase and post completion is responsible for the overall Corporate purchasing & energy management policies and practices.

Manage a staff of 16 people to perform the financial and managerial accounting, cost management, reporting, payroll, accounts payable, purchasing, warehousing, logistics, transportation functions for Copper Mountain Mine. Copper Mountain ’s main asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain Mine (BC) Ltd located in southern British Columbia. In November of 2017 the company announced the merger with the Australian listed company Altona Mining to develope the Eva Copper Project, in Queensland, Australia, As the Project Commercial Director for the Eva Project feasibility study for the process plant and the associated infrastructure design including the site earthworks, roads , accomodation camp, truck shop and buildings. The 18,000 acre mine site has a resource of approximately 5 billion pounds of copper. The annual production for Copper Mountain is approximately 100 million pounds of copper with gold and silver credits. As the Energy Manager also responsible for the commercial agreements and demand side management of electricity supply. The original plant design used 71. MW as the preliminary design requirement. The BC Hydro 138kv line which feeds Copper Mountain from Merit is capacity limited originally established at 61MW. One of the main design challenges during the design phase was to bring design and construction of the new plant to within the established line capacity. The 10.23 MW energy reduction was be primarily achieved through the introduction of Variable Frequency Drive systems, redesign of processes removing wound rotor motors, IEEE841 High Efficiency Low Voltage Process Motors, and mechanical processes in favour of newer tested energy efficient technologies. The yearly power usage was estimated to be 491.6 GWh/year, based on 92% plant availability million. In addition the mining operations utilize between 32-35 million liters of diesel fuel annually.

Materials Manager- Pueblo Viejo Project- Client Barrick Gold. Country Dominican Republic As Material Manager I was involved in the formulation of plans and the execution of the overall material management activity on this $3.8 Billion Mega Project EPC projects. The role was responsible for assisting in the planning and execution of specialized material management functions. This position reports operationally to the Project Director and functionally to the Materials Management Department Manager. Other responsibilities include: - Direct the development of all material management activities including, but not limited to, material identification, Request for Quotations, equipment and material delivery, installation and field commissioning, and project close-out. - Provides general and direct supervision to material management personnel assigned to the project. - Performs material planning, procurement, logistics, SQS/inspection, and field material management activities in accordance with general business acumen, corporate OSR, and the established project and Material Management Plans, policies, and procedures - Remains knowledgeable of business unit activity and keeps the project and office functional direct reports informed concerning material management matters.

POSITION – KEMESS MINES LTD. - NORTHGATE MINERALS CORPORATION- Now AuRico Gold 300,00 oz Au per year •planned and developed commercial strategies to ensure resources were in place to execute contemporary supply management processes for a continuous production process with an annual expenditure of $120 million. • Determine materials management operating policies including; designing sourcing strategies, conduct supply market research, tender and lead negotiations of contracts, and evaluate and manage supplier performance. • developed and managed the $5 million annual operating budget. • Active participant in senior management meetings regarding operational issues and continuous improvement planning. • Conducted complex financial analysis, modeling, evaluations, studies and forecasts with significant long term impacts involving new business activities, emerging financial and strategic issues. • Procurement of major capital equipment such as Hydraulic Excavator, Dozers, Drills• Analyzes and assesses business and financial risks, opportunities and requirements; develop and present recommendations, project proposals, budgets, business cases, and proposed feasibility studies for projects. Examples include determining lease structure best suited for company (operating or capital), obtain lease rates and negotiate final terms. • Evaluate technical work from engineering consultants; on 15 MW hydro electric project pre feasibility study • Develop policies and procedures to maintain audit controls • Analyze commodity markets – exercise financial risk management to lock in cost base by implementing hedges on fuel oil. • Responsible to act on opportunities for improvements in respect to relationships, systems and costs.