Primary Job Title Executive Vice President Primary Organization 
Pele Mountain Resources
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
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Payne has contributed to Pele as a consultant at its Eco Ridge Mine Project since 2008, joining the management team in 2011. He has more than 40 years of professional engineering and project management experience in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including nearly 20 years in the Elliot Lake mining camp with Rio Algom Limited. After serving in a
number of technical positions at Rio Algom, he ultimately oversaw the exemplary and precedent-setting mine closure process at Elliot Lake through the 1990s, serving as Manager of Environment & Decommissioning and then as General Manager.
He holds a BSc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from University of Durham, Newcastle, UK.
