Bebel Villar

Bebel Villar serves as the Technical Director and Operations Manager at Ascend Elements, a position held since September 2020, where responsibilities include designing, executing, and enhancing new process technologies for BR cathode technology scaling. Key tasks involve technology and vendor selection for various processes such as mechanical material separations and extractive metallurgy. Prior to this role, Bebel Villar worked as a Senior Process Engineer at Ascend Elements, focusing on similar process technologies. Previous experience includes a role as a Metallurgist at Barrick Gold Corporation from September 2017 to September 2020, and various positions at EnviroGold Las Lagunas Limited, including Project Metallurgist, Metallurgical Engineer, and Metallurgist from 2012 to 2016. Bebel Villar holds an educational background from Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.