The tour Group, with our hosts at PolyMet's NorthMet office in Minnesota, USA
From Left:  Gareth Northam (Rio Tinto Botswana), Mark Davidson (Nkomati Mine, South Africa), JP Hunt (Lion Ore Africa, South Africa), Arnold Burton (INCO, Canada), Takayoshi Murakami (JOGMEC, Japan), Stuart Fogarty (BHP Billiton, Australia), Rich Patelke (PolyMet Mining), Mark Severson, (Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota), Phil Baker (Rio Tinto Australia).
Below:  The 12 passenger van used in the US.
Photographs by Mike Porter