Heres the spiel from when Mr. Stowe was presented with his Mineral Processor of the year award.

"Mineral Processor of the Year Award is presented annually to recognize meritorious service or an outstanding contribution to CMP or industry. This year's (2006) recipient of the award was Ken Stowe, Northgate Exploration Limited. This award was formally presented to Ken at the SAG 2006 conference in Vancouver this fall as he was out of the country.
Ken Stowe was nominated and selected for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the Mineral Processing Industry. During his career with Noranda he was instrumental in advancing the technology and metallurgical performance at many of Noranda's concentrators. He managed three of Noranda's concentrators and the mineral processing research group at the Noranda Technology Centre (NTC). Ken is an experienced mill operations manager and innovator, known for his hands on, pro-active style of management. His "keep it simple" approach to ore processing led to the introduction of simpler and more controllable flotation circuits in Noranda's concentrators resulting in significant improvements in metallurgy and in the bottom line. He led the way at NTC to change the research approach from academic to plant driven and results oriented.
As Chief Metallurgist he was a key player in the process design for the Collohluasi Concentrator and to some extent
the Raglan Concentrator of Falconbridge.
He joined Diamond Field Resources as Vice President in 1995 and was responsible for managing the Voisey's Bay feasibility study.

Between August 1996 and September 1999 Mr. Stowe served respectively as Vice President and Senior Vice President Mining Operations for WestMin Resources and Boliden.
In September 1999 he joined Northgate Exploration Ltd to become President and eventually CEO of the Company. During his tenure with Northgate he has been responsible for significant performance improvements of the Kemess copper-gold concentrator by providing leadership and technical direction to the operation that resulted in significant improvements in throughput and metallurgy. These changes turned the operation around from a money losing proposition to a profitable and successful world class operation. "

VERY impressive indeed!