About
Stan Bharti
Stan Bharti was born and raised in the Punjab region of India before immigrating to Canada, where he began his professional career in the mining industry.
He worked as a mining engineer in Sudbury, Ontario, where he was involved in engineering and technical work connected to mine development and mining operations. During this period, he also delivered lectures in engineering and mining at Laurentian University, where he later established the Bharti School of Engineering.
In 1988, Bharti founded BLM Inc., a management and engineering consulting firm focused on mining and natural resource companies. The firm provided technical and management consulting services across mine operations, engineering support, project development, and corporate activities in the resource sector.
Bharti later served as President of William Resources, where he participated in the acquisition and development of international mining projects, including the Bjorkdal gold mine in Sweden and the Jacobina gold mine in Brazil.
In 2002, Bharti founded Forbes & Manhattan, a private merchant banking group focused primarily on mining and natural resources. Operating across Canada, the United States, Western Europe, and China, the organization works with companies in mining development, fertilizer production, battery metals, and resource infrastructure.
The firm’s activities include project financing, engineering support, operational management, restructuring, investor communications, corporate development, and strategic planning for resource-focused companies operating in international markets.
Over the years, Forbes & Manhattan has worked across companies and projects involving gold, potash, battery metals, base metals, industrial minerals, and infrastructure-related resource development.
Bharti’s activities have increasingly focused on sectors connected to long-term global industrial demand, including fertilizer and potash development, agricultural infrastructure, battery metals, and strategic commodities required for industrial manufacturing and electrification. Today, he is highly focused on potash and fertilizer development projects to support agricultural supply chains and fertilizer production capacity.