Bernd Teigler is an economic geologist specialising in commodity project evaluation and development including inter alia exploration, resource definition, economic assessments, due diligence and training. He graduated 1985 with a M.Sc. from Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany and obtained in 1990 a PhD (Geology) with a thesis covering inter alia the relationship between platinum-group elements (PGE) and chromitites from Rhodes University, South Africa. Bernd has over 35 years of experience in his area of expertise. Bernd is a registered member of the South African Council of Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP). He is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Bernd has been engaged in exploration projects targeting PGE, Cr, Ni, Co, Fe, V, Ti, REE, Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ta and critical raw materials with major, minor and junior mining and exploration companies as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations world-wide. Bernd has experience in the preparation of resource reports following international reporting guidelines and independent due diligence studies. Furthermore, his experience includes contributions to independent technical-and-economic evaluations like preliminary economic assessments and feasibility studies for a variety of commodities.