Dr John Burba

John is a world-renowned scientific pioneer in lithium and other mineral extraction technologies.

His 40-year career features a number of lithium brine projects in both North and South America, most notably with Dow Chemical, FMC, and Chemtura.

John then served as CEO of Simbol Materials, a company focused on the recovery of lithium from geothermal brines in California.

Under John’s leadership, Simbol successfully developed a proprietary process capable of producing low-cost, high-purity lithium products from brines which were previously believed to be too high in contaminants to be economically processed.

John then served as CTO and Executive VP of Molycorp, where he was instrumental in identifying and developing numerous rare earth technologies.

Dr. Burba read his PhD in Physical Chemistry at Baylor University, and he’s registered 80 patents, many of which are related to lithium extraction.

John now serves as the founder and CEO of International Battery Metals (IBAT), with which he works in partnership with Ensorcia.