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With innovation increasing, the challenges and opportunities facing our clients in exploration and production are diverse. They are looking for smart, accelerated solutions, tailor-made around a wide variety of technical, geographic, legislative, and environmental challenges. Transcontinental Resources Ltd.’s experience and technical excellence enables us to plan and navigate this dynamic journey with our clients.
For the past five years, the primary objective of Transcontinental Resources LTD has been to extract lithium compounds from Spodumene concentrate which is sourced and shipped from various global sources to the Company's Lithium Extraction plant located in Bayport, Texas. The Bayport Extraction plant transforms spodumene concentrate into high purity lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate to meet up with the growing demand in the lithium battery market which is driven by the increasing demand for lithium batteries in mobile computing devices, electric vehicles and large-scale power storage in lithium batteries.
Our rare metals & minerals activities which began in July 2019 are supported by ownership interests in controlled and non-controlled industrial assets such as mining, smelting, refining and warehousing operations. This business includes commodities departments for rare earth compounds that are extracted from iron ore and monazite.
In July 2021, the Company’s portfolio was further diversified after it secured the rights to construct the Advanced Materials Processing Plant in Fujairah, UAE. On the 25th of February 2024, the construction of the Fujairah Advanced Materials Processing Plant commenced.
Leadership
Jim Roth
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Transcontinental Resources’ management is led by Jim Roth and supported by the rest of the management team. With more than 30 years of financial experience in the copper, molybdenum, gold, coal, iron ore, industrial minerals, lithium extraction and processing industries.
Mr. Roth has provided vision and leadership in the execution of Transcontinental Resources’ project generation strategy including the negotiation of several Joint Venture Agreements with major and junior mining companies to fund and operate the Advanced Materials Processing Plant in Fujairah, U.A.E. Mr. Roth is an outspoken advocate for the development of a low cost, early-to-market critical Lithium supply chain. He has led the evolution of Transcontinental Resources to its current focus on the sustainable development of the first Lithium compounds processing plant in the Middle-East. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mining and Mineral Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Master’s Degree in Material Economics and Management from Oxford University, England.
In the roles of Project Director, Technical Consultant and Construction Manager, he has overseen the development of several large and complex projects ranging from Austin, Texas to the Middle East and China in particular. His previous positions include senior and executive management roles in process design and implementation (Augusta Resource Corporation and Wildcat Silver Corporation). Administrative Director overseeing all group metals analysis at Molycorp.
Our Values
Our Values define our purpose, our priorities and the fundamental principles by which we conduct business.
Health and Safety
Health and safety are core values at Transcontinental Resources. Our first priority is to create an injury free workplace, to protect the health of all our people and to enhance the well-being of employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate alike.
We strive to achieve this by:
Building and maintaining a positive safety culture and behavior
Encouraging a high level of safety awareness and performance through leadership and training at all levels
Identifying and managing safety, occupational health and hygiene risks
Integrating safe work systems in the way we operate
Maintaining a leading standard of occupational health and hygiene at our operations and contribute to those of our local communities
Supporting our people and local communities to enhance their health and well-being
Engaging with and monitoring the performance of contractors, suppliers, partners and customers to ensure leading health and safety performance
Investigating and reporting all health and safety incidents, and analyzing this information to prevent future events
Preparing for and effectively managing emergencies and crises; and
Maintaining the highest standards of operational integrity
Environment
We recognize that our activities can have an impact on our society and the environment. We care profoundly about our performance in relation to environmental protection. We act in accordance to environmental protection by taking a proactive approach.
We aim to achieve environmental protection by:
Staying compliant with the environment and community standards
Monitoring the number of environmental and community related incidents
Recycling synthetic mineral products
Constant innovation in the reduction of water consumption and the emissions of all types of gasses
Employee volunteering and local employment
Using abatement systems where necessary to ensure responsible management of air quality
Sustainability
At the core of our values is where sustainability lies. We aim to achieve our key deliverables efficiently as a path to industry-leading returns, while maintaining a clear focus on excellence, quality, sustainability and continuous improvement in everything we do. We value open relationships and communication based on integrity, co-operation, transparency and mutual benefit, with our people, our customers, our suppliers, governments and society in general.