Executive Bios
Ross Bhappu

Ross Bhappu is President of Energy Fuels and comes from a background of both technical and financial roles in the mining industry. Prior to joining Energy Fuels, Ross was a partner and served as Head of Private Equity for Resource Capital Funds (RCF), the pioneer in mining PE. In that role, Ross was responsible for a substantial portfolio of mining investments across 30 commodities and located in over 50 countries around the world. He was also responsible for fundraising and managing relationships with over 200 investors. During his 25 year tenure with RCF, he was involved in raising over $4.5 billion to be invested in the mining sector.
Mr. Bhappu completed his Ph.D. degree in Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Arizona. He began his professional career with Cyprus Minerals Company in Denver and Miami, Arizona before joining Newmont Mining Corporation in Denver. Ross served in both technical and financial roles with both companies. Ross gained substantial expertise in copper concentrate marketing while at Newmont and served as CEO of GTN Copper Corporation prior to joining Resource Capital Funds in 2001. During his tenure at Resource Capital Funds, Mr. Bhappu was instrumental in the acquisition of Mountain Pass, the only operating rare earth mine in the U.S. and the recreation of Molycorp, Inc. where he served as Chairman from 2008 – 2013.