Spark Energy Minerals Inc. announced the addition Mr. Ian Gendall to its Technical Advisory Board. Ian Gendall is the President & CEO of DLP Resources and was previously with Gencor, Billiton, Anglo American, Antofagasta and more recently, OceanaGold. While working with Billiton, Mr. Gendall led the team that was responsible for the discovery of an entirely new porphyry copper district in southern Ecuador.

One of the companies that acquired part of the district was subsequently sold to CRCC-Tongguan Investment Co. Ltd. for $679 million. He has extensive knowledge of operating in Brazil and was previously COO of Magellan Minerals, which was purchased in 2016 by Anfiled Gold Corp.