{"id":3010,"date":"2023-09-29T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:49:27","slug":"ben-patterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/ben-patterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3010\" class=\"elementor elementor-3010\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062375b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"062375b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25e01d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25e01d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff002c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff002c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Patterson-Greyscale-11-1024x655.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Patterson-Greyscale-11-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Patterson-Greyscale-11-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Patterson-Greyscale-11-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Patterson-Greyscale-11.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0de82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd0de82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa990f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa990f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ben Patterson<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b59af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39b59af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice-President, Projects &amp; Evaluations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb4cde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bb4cde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-164d9ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"164d9ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"m_3119479613298703946xmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Ben<b>\u00a0<\/b>is a senior mining professional with more than 20 years of experience delivering complex projects across critical minerals, precious metals, and base metals sectors. He has led studies, design, and project execution teams for major mining companies and EPC\/EPCM firms, advancing projects from early studies through construction and operations in Canada, USA, Australia, and South America.\u00a0<\/span>For over 10 years, he held various leadership roles at Ausenco\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-CA\">in Vancouver including project management, leading the process engineering group and business development. 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