Dr. Gorain is the Head of Metallurgical Engineering and a member of the board of directors of CVMR (Texas). He has served the mining industry over 25 years in precious and strategic metals major global operations and capital projects and has delivered commercial value worth over billions US dollars through implementation of innovative, breakthrough and digital technologies in metals operations. Some of his key professional roles include Chief Technology Officer for Hindustan Zinc (Vedanta), Director of Barrick Gold based in Toronto and Group Leader at Teck Resources in British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Gorain is the President and CEO of ORE2METAL based in Toronto. The company is a provider of advanced eco-efficient technologies for production of strategic and precious metals, focusing on value chain implementation, plant design and commissioning to full production. Ore2Metal specializes in metals recovery from complex ore bodies as well as from mine tailings, smelter residues and electronic waste.

Dr. Gorain holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia, and a B.Tech in Mineral Engineering from the Indian School of Mines (now IIT) Dhanbad. He has co-authored several books, published over 50 peer reviewed technical papers and is named as the inventor of several global patents with commercial applications in production of copper and gold.

He served as a board member for the JKMRC Sustainability Minerals Institute, Australia and a member of the technical advisory committee for the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. He is an advisory board member in various Centres-of-Excellence of Australian Research Council and International Mineral Processing Congresses (IMPC).