Dr. Alex Moyes leads the development of mining operations, resource characterization, and process flowsheets for the Round Top project in West Texas. With oversight of upstream activities including mine planning, heap leaching, and separation technologies, he is instrumental in advancing USAR’s integrated mine-to-magnet strategy.
Prior to USAR, Moyes served as Director of Critical Minerals and Planning at Ramaco Resources, spearheading rare earth exploration, process flowsheet development, and techno-economic modeling. Before that, he served as Vice President of Economics and Planning at FREYR Battery, directing financial modeling and risk analysis for lithium battery projects. His earlier career at Dominion Energy focused on innovation in energy technologies, subsurface planning, and geoscience leadership.
Moyes holds four degrees from the University of Utah: a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, an MBA, an MSc in Geology, and a BSc in Geoscience.
