Mr. Dattels is a seasoned senior mining executive and resource financier who has founded and/or financed numerous mining ventures in several continents in diverse commodities including gold, uranium, copper, nickel, iron ore, coal, potash and most recently lithium with LSC Lithium Corp. He is also an active investor in oil and gas exploration in Africa and was one of the founders of Signet Petroleum Ltd., a successful private African oil and gas exploration company.
Mr. Dattels was a senior executive and director of Barrick Gold Corporation during its formative years, when it grew from a capital base of US$10 million to a market capitalization of US$2 billion when he left in early 1987. Since leaving Barrick, notable companies he founded include International Pursuit Corporation, International Gold Resources Corporation, Caledon Resources PLC, Oriel Resources PLC, UraMin Inc., Polo Resources Limited, and West African Minerals Corporation. He also was Non-executive Co-Chairman of Hong Kong-listed Regent Pacific Group Limited.
Mr. Dattels is currently active as Chairman of Circum Minerals Ltd., a potash exploration and development company which he co-founded. He is also Chairman of Regent Mercantile Holdings Limited, a private investment company.
Mr. Dattels has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University, a law degree (cum laude) from the University of Western Ontario and has completed the program for Management Development at Harvard.