Ex e c ut iv e Pr of i le
James R. “Ji m” Shultz - Managing Director
Jim Shultz has 30 years of experience in the mining industry, and
has founded JRS Consulting to provide management, strategic
planning, mining property evaluation, due diligence and “cold
eye” review services to private and government customers.
Prior to establishing JRS Consulting in July 2007, Jim Shultz held
executive positions at Washington Group Mining, including
project, departmental, regional, subsidiary, and Group/Division
management positions. Mr. Shultz’s mining experience includes
project, contract administration and business development in the
domestic and international arenas. As vice president, Business
Development, he was responsible for the Mining Group’s global
business development activities.
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 Con t ract
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Previously, Jim Shultz was director of marketing for Washington
Group’s San Antonio, Texas and Jakarta, Indonesia offices. In
Indonesia, he was the country manager responsible for two mine
management contracts, and participated on the development team
of a new mine and power plant project. Using the Jakarta office
as a new business development platform, Jim Shultz designed a
business model for obtaining mineral concessions in China and
successfully applied that model by securing four large polymetallic concessions in Northern China – Inner Mongolia
Before that, as managing director of MK Deutschland GmbH,
Berlin, Germany, he directed new business development activities
in Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
He was also managing director responsible for the company’s
business development activities in Europe. During this period, a
major German brown-coal mining and power generation
operation was acquired - MIBRAG.
Jim Shultz holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the
University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and has completed
many additional training courses, including attending the Stanford
Graduate School for Executive Management.