# Sanja Miskovic Chief Technical Advisor ## Career chronology - **Dates not established: University of British Columbia** — Academic appointment in mining engineering. [Sanja Miskovic academic biography]() (academic biography) - **Concurrent as of 10 September 2026; start not established: Novex LLC** — Chief Technology Officer. [Appointment of Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor]() (concurrent Novex CTO) - **From 10 September 2026: American Rare Earths** — Chief Technical Advisor. [Appointment of Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor]() (effective date) ## Education and qualifications ### Minerals engineering education [miskovic_education] 2011 and later · documented · medium materiality ARR reports a 2011 minerals-engineering PhD from Virginia Tech and earlier University of Novi Sad degrees; UBC’s academic profile independently repeats these qualifications and describes her research and prior University of Utah faculty service. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. UBC profile corroborates claimed education; an official degree transcript was not reviewed. **Relevance:** Technical training is relevant to her advisory work. [Appointment of Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor]() (education and academic role); [Sanja Miskovic academic biography]() (biography and education) ## Suitability for the current role ### Technical adviser and Novex role [miskovic_experience] 2026 · analyst inference · high materiality ARR appointed Dr Sanja Miskovic chief technical adviser effective 10 September 2026 to guide beneficiation, recovery and process scale-up. ARR also says she is CTO of its downstream partner Novex; her advisory appointment does not establish executive employment. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer appointment and concurrent technology-partner role are disclosed; decision authority and commercial arrangements are not independently established. **Relevance:** Relevant to rare-earth separation and potential conflicts between ARR and a commercial partner. [Appointment of Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor]() (appointment, role and Novex position) ## Evidence gaps - Novex contractual economics and adviser decision rights are not established in the reviewed disclosure. - Independent transcript and comprehensive regulator, litigation and patent-ownership records were not reviewed.