Nearly 29 years of extensive experience in engineering, operations, management, and consulting.  Worked for large mining companies and was also part-owner of a small mining company.  Experience working in western, Midwestern and eastern U. S. coal fields.  Consulting projects in numerous foreign countries.  Experienced in evaluation of properties and mining companies.  Management experience included both union and non-union work forces.  Developed production/productivity tracking system.

Mr. Barua's 20 plus years of experience has focused on mine systems engineering, geostatistics, operations research, computer modeling, computer programming, and feasibility studies.  He has worked for a large coal mining company, a consulting company specializing in metal mining, and has worked at universities.  Consulting projects in numerous foreign countries.  Developed production/productivity tracking systems, material tracking and inventory system, coal reserve geology databases, as well as numerous other systems.