NiPtx Inc. - Metallogeny of Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks

PROFILE

My career in mafic and ultramafic rocks extends over 40 years. Initial interest in magmatic nickel sulphide deposits arose from my experience as a mine geologist in the prolific Lynn Lake nickel mines, northern Manitoba, Canada. I subsequently went on to do company related nickel exploration and a masters degree on the mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Lynn Lake nickel camp. Interest in layered intrusions and associated magmatic mineralization took me to the Bushveld Complex in South Africa (1978-1983). During that period I was engaged as a research officer and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Geological Research on the Bushveld Complex, University of Pretoria. My doctoral (D. Sc.) thesis was on the Ni-Cu-PGE, Cr and Fe-Ti-V mineralization in the Rustenburg layered sequence south of Potgietersrus; however, during this period I was also engaged in numerous other institute related projects throughout the Bushveld Complex. Upon returning to Canada, I continued my Bushveld research as a NSERC post doctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983-84.

I joined the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1984 as a research scientist specializing in magmatic mineralization associated with mafic-ultramafic rocks. I remained at the GSC as a senior research scientist until 2007. During that period I had the opportunity to examine nearly every Ni-Cu-PGE, Cr and Fe-Ti-V deposit and occurrence across Canada, and to visit and conduct research on similar types of deposits elsewhere in the world.


Map of the world showing Ni-Cu-PGE deposits	Map of Canada showing Ni-Cu-PGE deposits

In 2007 a review article was published on "Magmatic nickel-copper-platinum group element deposits", (Eckstrand, O.R., and Hulbert, L.J.) in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit Types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces, and Exploration Methods: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication No. 5, p. 205-222.

In 2007 I joined NiPtx Inc. a now Calgary based consulting company specializing in the metallogeny of mafic-ultramafic rocks and associated mineral exploration.

As a member of two professional associations of geoscientists in Canada, I am eligible to act as a "Qualified Person".

In addition to my geological expertise I am very computer literate with use of geological, geophysical, geochemical, GIS, remote sensing, statistical and industrial QA-QC software and have a solid understanding of the related disciplines. NiPtx Inc. has also built a strong team of associated specialists that can be called upon as needed for projects.

Working in the mining and mineral exploration industry and conducting collaborative industry-government research over the past 40 years have left me confident in knowing the needs of the resource industry and how to be cost effective and successful. I am fit to work in the field and used to working in a variety of climatic conditions from arctic to tropical.