Orbite Appoints HPA Plant Manager
15 May 2014 - 9:30PM
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Orbite Appoints HPA Plant Manager
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 15, 2014) - Orbite Aluminae
Inc. (TSX:ORT)(OTCQX:EORBF) ("Orbite", or the "Corporation")
announced today it has filled a key position at its Cap-Chat HPA
production plant with the hiring of Mr. Bruno Bibeau as Plant
Manager.
In a career spanning over 30 years, Mr. Bibeau has developed a
deep expertise and successful track record in technical operations
and plant management, having held several senior positions with
major companies, such as Sector Manager, Operations at
ArcelorMittal, and Production Manager and Technical Manager at
Resolute - Forest Products.
"Bruno's addition to our team at Cap-Chat is a key milestone in
our progress towards commercial production" said Denis Arguin,
Orbite's VP Engineering & Operations. "He has proven himself to
be a very solid and talented operator throughout his career, and
will bring important operational skills to the Corporation."
The appointment of Mr. Bibeau is the first step in a programme
that is anticipated to lead to the hiring of 14 additional
operating staff at the Corporation's HPA plant in Cap Chat,
including a Technical manager, who will report to Mr. Bibeau. The
Corporation anticipates recruiting several of its new operating
staff among the graduates of Groupe Collégia's Operations and
Control Course, an 18 month technical training programme that was
offered in the Gaspésie in conjunction with Orbite and
Emploi-Québec.
About Orbite
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is a Canadian cleantech company whose
innovative and proprietary processes are expected to produce
alumina and other high-value products, such as rare earth and rare
metal oxides, at one of the lowest costs in the industry, and in a
sustainable fashion, using feedstocks that include aluminous clay,
kaolin, nepheline, bauxite, red mud and fly ash. Orbite is
currently in the process of finalizing its first commercial
high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Québec and
has completed the basic engineering for a proposed smelter-grade
alumina (SGA) production plant, which would use clay mined from its
Grande-Vallée deposit. The Corporation's intellectual property
portfolio contains 15 intellectual property families, and the
Corporation owns the intellectual property rights to 11 patents and
66 pending patent applications in 10 different countries and
regions. The first intellectual property family is patented in
Canada, USA, Australia, China, and Russia. The Corporation also
operates a state of the art technology development center in Laval,
Québec, where its technologies are developed and validated.
TMX EQUICOMMark Lakmaaker, External Investor Relations
Consultant1-800-385-5451 ext. 248mlakmaaker@tmxequicom.comFor Media
Inquiries:TMX EQUICOMShaun Smith, External Media Relations
Consultant1- 800-385-5451, ext. 252ssmith@tmxequicom.com
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