CORPORATE
DEAN PEKESKI
President & CEO
Dean has been involved in senior technical and corporate positions across the mining sector for over 33 years with a particular focus on potash exploration and development for over 17 years of that time. In particular, Dean was Executive Vice President of Western Potash Corp. (WPX- TSX) from 2008 – 2015 and lead discovery and development of the Milestone Potash Solution Mining Project in Saskatchewan which is currently 80% complete. Since 2016 Dean has been involved with Peak Minerals Inc., a private Company developing the Sevier Playa Potassium Sulphate (SOP) Brine Project in Utah where he has served as Project Director and CEO, President & Director since 2020.
Dean is intimate with all aspects of potash exploration, solution mining, brine evaporation, and processing of potassium, magnesium, sodium chloride, bromine, and lithium, rich brines. During his career at Western potash and Peak Minerals he and has advanced Projects through key Project Milestones including discovery, engineering studies (PEA, PFS, FS, FEED), geotechnical and constructability testing, process pilot testing, successful environmental permitting at all government levels, securing key supply and construction contracts and off-take agreements, and financing. Throughout his career Dean has raised more than US$120m capital at appropriate valuations to enable the company’s he has worked for to meet milestones, growth and market share. He has a deep network with a number of equity, debt, and royalty investors, is well connected with peer / industry companies across Utah and beyond and has good connections into local and federal government funding initiatives and State and Federal Regulators. He is also intimate with global potash supply, demand, pricing, and development projects globally.
Dean holds Honors B.Sc. Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,1994, is a PDAC Member and has his P.Geo Registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. He is also a Director of Fidelity Minerals Corp. and Power One Resources Corp.
DEAN PEKESKI
Strategic Advisor
Dean has been involved in senior technical and corporate positions across the mining sector for over 33 years with a particular focus on potash exploration and development for over 17 years of that time. In particular, Dean was Executive Vice President of Western Potash Corp. (WPX- TSX) from 2008 – 2015 and lead discovery and development of the Milestone Potash Solution Mining Project in Saskatchewan which is currently 80% complete. Since 2016 Dean has been involved with Peak Minerals Inc., a private Company developing the Sevier Playa Potassium Sulphate (SOP) Brine Project in Utah where he has served as Project Director and CEO, President & Director since 2020.
Dean is intimate with all aspects of potash exploration, solution mining, brine evaporation, and processing of potassium, magnesium, sodium chloride, bromine, and lithium, rich brines. During his career at Western potash and Peak Minerals he and has advanced Projects through key Project Milestones including discovery, engineering studies (PEA, PFS, FS, FEED), geotechnical and constructability testing, process pilot testing, successful environmental permitting at all government levels, securing key supply and construction contracts and off-take agreements, and financing. Throughout his career Dean has raised more than US$120m capital at appropriate valuations to enable the company’s he has worked for to meet milestones, growth and market share. He has a deep network with a number of equity, debt, and royalty investors, is well connected with peer / industry companies across Utah and beyond and has good connections into local and federal government funding initiatives and State and Federal Regulators. He is also intimate with global potash supply, demand, pricing, and development projects globally.
Dean holds Honors B.Sc. Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,1994, is a PDAC Member and has his P.Geo Registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. He is also a Director of Fidelity Minerals Corp. and Power One Resources Corp.
