Jose Manuel Felix graduated from the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Engineering and Architecture College in Mexico City, in 1975 as a Geological Engineer. Since that time he has worked in many different positions within government, private companies and publicly traded companies.  In particular he held the positions of Mining Department Chief for the Sinaloa State Government for 11 years, drilling geologist and consulting geologist for Teck Cominco, and Exploration Manager for Aurelio Resources.