Industrial Minerals


People and Places: July 2012

July 2012

by John Ollett

IM interviews the new CEO Victory Silica - Ken Murdock

Keywords: Ken Murdock, Victory Silica, Alan Watling, John W. Hick, Yves Desrosiers

Ken Murdock has been appointed CEO of frac sand developer Victory Silica Ltd. He discusses his aims and objectives as the new CEO of Victory Silica in this interviewKen Murdock has been appointed CEO of frac sand developer Victory Silica Ltd, a subsidiary of Canada’s Victory Nickel Inc. Murdock has over 25 years of related experience with Lafarge Cement, United Industrial Services Ltd and Canfrac Sands Ltd. Since 2011 he has managed his own firm, IM&M Consulting, where he was involved in building sand plants for third parties. Victory Nickel first worked with Murdock when he was hired by Wardrop Engineering (a Tetratech company) to prepare the frac sand portion of the Minago feasibility study that was completed in December 2009. Since this time, he has worked as a consultant to Victory Nickel.What are your objectives as the new CEO of Victory Silica?The goal is to become the...