Jacques L'Ecuyer

JACQUES L’ECUYER is one of the founders of 5N Plus Inc. and has been the
company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in June
2000. Prior to that, Mr. L’Ecuyer had been Director of the Advanced Materials
division of Noranda Inc. Mr. L’Ecuyer holds BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical
Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and a PhD degree in Materials
Science from the University of Birmingham in England. He has 20 years of
experience in metallurgy.