Toronto, Canada / July 2013 - Present

Exploration and Mining consulting to the gold, uranium and critical Mineral space

Ma’aden Gold and Base Metals Co

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / June 2011 to June 2013

Director, Precious and Base Metals Division

Responsible for all Gold and base metal exploration, brownfields and greenfields, for the 60% State owned gold mining company Ma’aden, the largest landholder and mining company in Saudi Arabia. Ma’aden in control of over 50,000 Ha of prime land, five gold mines (underground and open pit, 150,000 oz/per annum production), large phosphate mining operations and one of the largest integrated bauxite/aluminum operations in the world. Responsible for 80 staff and another 100 contractors.

Denison Mines Corp.

Toronto, ON, and Saskatoon, SK / June 1997 – June 2011

Vice President, Exploration and Development,
responsible for a staff of over 100 on 4 continents (North America, Asia, Africa, and Australia)
budgets to $60 million dollars.

Mining Success
Responsible for acquisition due diligence and evaluations (exploration projects, operating mines and companies). Auditing of underground and open pit reserve and resource estimations, grade control and reconciliations at existing mining operations and development projects. Lead author of first worldwide U reserve study to NI 43-101 standards on open pit and UG deposits, in the Athabasca basin. Denison’s technical representative and qualified person to the McClean Lake JV (AREVA operated) open pits—JEB, Sue A, B, C and Sue E, which produced 50 million pounds U3O8 from 1999 through 2006. Ore reserve/stockpile/head grade reconciliation.

Exploration success
Directly responsible for instigating the Mgmt committee of the Midwest Lake JV to re-drill MW-338 (Midwest A 15 million pounds discovery), Sue E extension (6 million pounds) and credit for Denison’s 60% Wheeler River discovery (Phoenix, 70 million pounds at 19% U3O8). During my tenure as VP, Denison had an unmatched record of success in the mining industry, growing reserves/resources by +45% for each of four consecutive years.

Financial analysis and cash flow models on existing operations, companies, evaluations and submissions. Optimization of existing mining methods, production rates.

Qualified Person (QP, 2002-2011) responsible for all reserve/resource determinations to NI 43- 101 standards, press releases, technical reports and short and long form prospectuses which have raised over 0.7 billion dollars. Responsible for acquisition, then divestiture of a highgrade advanced Ontario gold project and identification of potential partners and JV negotiation. Assistance with Denison Environmental in their work with Abandoned Mines division in Ontario and Quebec

Recommended acquisition of Denison’s controlling interest in Wheeler River JV and 22.5% interest in the Wolly JV. Responsible for alerting, and instigating, AREVA to drill the Midwest A zone and the McClean Mine Sue E south extension.
Built up a fully functional exploration division, acknowledged at the time as third in size and second to none in the Athabasca Basin. Direct supervision, 2007/2008 of a major 135,000 metre develop drilling program that discovered four separate new zones and doubled resources/reserves in two ISR mineable deposits in support of ISR Prefeasibility work. Negotiation and liaison with Denison’s 30% partners (Mongolia and Russian governments) and industry partners.

Direct supervision 2008/2009 of major development drill programme (200,000 metres) that succeeded in more than doubling existing open pit resources and identified three high quality brownfield projects which subsequently doubled the NI 43-101 resource base. Negotiation with governments and local Chiefs.

Acquisition due diligence on the only uranium mill in the continental USA (White Mesa Uranium Mill) and number of former mines at the time of the Denison/IUC merger in 2006. The merger was successfully consummated and the market capitalization of the merged entity rose to 4 times the individual pre-merger totals within 3 months.

Oro de Sotules, S.A. de C.V

Mexico / Sept 1996 – June 1997

Evaluations geologist. Open pit heap leach gold operation at 5,000 tpd ore, 20,000 tpd waste.
Reporting to the Vice President, Mining.
Evaluations and property examinations.
Identification of oxidized Carlin type deposits in advance of mining plan
Rapid turnover of exploration deposits to mineable ore

Echo Bay Mines Aquarius Project

Timmins, ON / April 1995 – Sept. 1996

Development Project Manager. Responsible for a major 75,000 metre development drill programme and feasibility study on this 1 million ounce gold deposit. Managed a group of 20 employees, up to 50 contractors, and an annual budget of $US 25.0 million.
At this former high-grade underground producer, my job was to investigate bulk-mining scenarios and implement a feasibility study based on the most appropriate scenario. Helped design the first freeze wall curtain in Canada.
In charge of all governmental liaison, all permitting, procurement, technical quality control, a variety of major drill programmes, and an ongoing exploration programme.
Liaised with the provincial governments to eliminate problems before they started as the project was on a provincial park boundary.

Exploits Exploration Corp.

Timmins, ON / Feb, 1991 – March 1995

Principal. Won three major contracts with Ministry of Northern development and Mines for crown pillar diamond drill-monitoring projects on the old Hollinger, Macintyre, and Pamour Mines in Timmins and the Howey and Hasaga mines in Red Lake. With Tintina Mines, performed exploration of a syenite-hosted Au deposit south of Timmins. Also on-site exploration management of gold and base metals exploration, later critical minerals, in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in the Fort McMurray-Birch Mountains area. Managed worlds largest reconnaissance helicopter-supported geochemical survey at that time.

Colomac Project

North West Terr. / March 1990 – Feb., 1991

Exploration/Development Manager in charge of 8 staff and 12 contractors with a budget of approximately $US 4.0m. In charge of exploration/development drill programmes to feed a 10,000 tpd mill on this open pit project at 10,000 tpd ore, 30,000 tpd waste at a grade of 0.05 opt Au

Dome Mines Limited

Timmins, ON / Feb., 1987 – March 1990

Exploration Manager. Responsible for staff of 25 and contractors occasionally to 50 and an annual budget of over $US 15.0 mm
Based on favorable work at Campbell, promoted to Dome Mines in 1987. Responsible for all area exploration, which included the Dome Mine and the Detour Lake Mine and area. Directly responsible for the investigation, identification, and due diligence and acquisition of the Paymaster project, a historic producer. (I had strongly recommended the Dickenson Mine (now Goldcorp’s Red Lake mine) for acquisition but was turned down because of the presence of a unionized workforce.) Reconciled geological and mining reserves, stope and head grade reconciliation. Also negotiated JV with property holder of claims to immediate west of Detour, which later was found to host extensions of shallow dipping ore zones. Recommended acquisition of Preston Property, now part of Dome super pit.

Campbell Red Lake Mines

Red Lake, ON / Nov., 1981 – Feb., 1987

Resident Geologist reporting to the Chief Geologist, Dome Mines Group. In charge of up to 6 employees and 12 contractors with an annual budget approaching $US 3.0 mm, in charge of exploration and development for northwest Ontario.
During my time, the Dona Lake high grade gold deposit was discovered. Also, in 1982, did some original mapping and some drill target selection on Opapamiskan Lake deposit, which is now the Musslewhite high- grade gold mine.
Operated out of Campbell Red Lake Mine. Regular liaison with shift bosses on certain cut-and-fill stopes where we were investigating geochemical alteration haloes.

Questor Surveys Limited

Mississauga, ON / June 1978 – Nov., 1981

Geologist. Reporting to the Chief Geophysicist, responsible for production airborne surveys, report writing, and the training of other geophysicists.

Asarco Inc.

Buchans, NFLD / Jan., 1975 – June, 1978

I was a project geologist/geophysicist responsible for surface exploration for Kuroko style massive sulphide deposits in the Buchans area and vicinity. Ground VLF survey over Tulks deposits.

Bachelor of Science degree in Geology

University of New Brunswick / 1975

P.Geo, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario

(member # 0120)

P.Geo, Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan

(Lifetime member # 12624)

Lifetime Prospectors License, Province of Ontario

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