PROJECTS
MTB's genesis was in developing international mining projects. Through the addition of professionals with solid backgrounds in power generation, environmental remediation, and industrial/commercial construction, we have successfully created a versatile, multidisciplinary team that is broad in knowledge, deep in experience, and proven through results. A very brief sample of our projects includes:
Sipán Heap Leach Project & Expansions
Compañia Minera Sipán S.A., Cajamarca, Perú
MTB provided comprehensive project management services for the development of this 2.8 million-tonnes-per-year mine and processing facility located high in the northern Peruvian Andes. As the owner’s project management team, MTB successfully took this project from feasibility through commissioning on time and under budget then continued as project manager for the subsequent Phase II Expansion and Capacity Expansion projects. Sipán was the first major gold project developed by a wholly owned Peruvian company and was completely bank financed by Peruvian institutions
Dresden Cooling Towers 2000 Project 
Commonwealth Edison, Morris, Illinois, USA
MTB provided comprehensive project and construction management services for a fast-track, turnkey, EPC project to provide a major cooling tower facility to at Commonwealth Edison’s Dresden Nuclear Generating Station near Chicago, Illinois. The project consisted of 36 cooling tower cells with an aggregate cooling water flow of 630,400 gallons per minute using six vertical turbine pumps. Engineering and construction for this ambitious project was completed in only eight months between November 1999 and June 2000.
Barrie Park MGP Remediation Project
Commonwealth Edison / Nicor Gas, Oak Park, Illinois
MTB provided comprehensive project and construction management services to Commonwealth Edison and Nicor Gas for the cleanup and restoration of a community park and neighborhood in suburban Chicago that was the former site of a manufactured gas plant. The $160 million project involved removing contaminated soil and abandoned plant structures from the park, the surrounding streets and parkways, and some contiguous private properties; replacing underground utility lines; backfilling with clean material; and restoring the park and streets. Major components of MTB’s work included facilitation of project planning, creation and management of a master schedule, coordination with multiple local government entities, development and management of a community relations program, direct field management of the remediation contractor, project controls and contract administration, and oversight of a complex rail transportation system. MTB continued to support Commonwealth Edison / Exelon Corporation with closeout of the main project and management of follow-on work to complete park restoration.
El Galeno Project
Northern Peru Copper Corp., Cajamarca, Peru
MTB provided project management and project controls services for completion of a prefeasibility study for a proposed copper-gold project in northern Peru. MTB evaluated, recommended, and managed consultants for prefeasibility engineering, geotechnical engineering, socioeconomic and environmental assessment, and other key roles. In addition, MTB developed owner capital and operating costs, drafted portions of the study text, and assisted the owner with other key functions. As El Galeno moves into the feasibility stage, MTB has been retained to manage all aspects of completing a comprehensive, bankable feasibility study and a formal socioeconomic and environmental impact assessment
Idaho Cobalt Project
Formation Capital Corporation, Idaho, USA
MTB managed all aspects of completing a prefeasibility study and a bankable feasibility study for a cobalt-copper project in northern Idaho. The positive feasibility study was completed in July 2007, and MTB was retained to provide engineering and procurement oversight, and construction management to build two separate project facilities. Detailed design commenced in the 2nd Quarter of 2007 and construction in the 4th Quarter. The project is scheduled to be completed in December of 2008.
Birch Lake Project
Franconia Minerals Corporation, Minnesota, USA
MTB is managing all the day-to-day operations of the exploration and information
development activities for a copper-nickel-platinum-cobalt project in northeastern
Minnesota. Activities under MTB’s management include drilling,
sampling, assaying, and laboratory oversight, as well as development of scoping
and prefeasibility studies. In
this role, MTB is managing the activities of engineering and specialty companies
that will develop the project information. Another critical role for MTB
is the development and management of a comprehensive 
environmental
information and community outreach program to inform the public about the facts
of the project. This work includes production of an informational video
and accompanying hardcopy and Web information, creation of information repositories,
and organizing and chairing public forums.