Staff

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President and Chief Geologist

Nathan is a certified professional and licensed geologist that has worked for and in collaboration with the minerals industry for over 20 years. He has worked on a variety of deposit types and geological settings, including VMS polymetallic systems, Mississippi Valley Type Pb-Zn systems, Cu-Fe skarn-related systems, Au-Ag epithermal vein systems, intrusive-related Au systems, Cu-Au porphyry systems, intrusive hosted PGE systems, sediment-hosted Cu systems, and SEDEX systems. Much of this work has been in Alaska and the Western US, including Nevada, but he has worked in Mexico, the Philippines,  South Africa, and Papua New Guinea.

He has worked for Teck American Inc., Duke University, NovaGold Resources Inc.,  Tintina Resources Inc. (now Sandfire Resources America Inc.),  Freeport Resources Inc (formerly Era Resources/Marengo Mining), and a number of other junior exploration and mining companies. Much of his experience focused on exploration, both green-fields and brown-fields, but also has expertise with development projects and active mines. His responsibilities have included senior management roles, board positions, oversight of feasibility studies, project management, operation and execution of numerous early-stage helicopter-supported remote exploration projects, management and geologic oversight of multi-drill programs, budget management, project evaluation, data evaluation, target evaluation and generation, project GIS management and oversight, geologic oversight in field mapping and sampling programs, underground mapping, permitting, land management, and community relations.

He earned his B.S. degrees in geology and chemistry from the University of Mount Union (Alliance, OH), and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington (Seattle, WA). His areas of geologic expertise include geochemistry, mineralogy, structural geology, and stratigraphy; and he is proficient in a variety of GIS platforms (e.g., ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Surfer, Downhole Explorer, Micromine, etc.). He is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, the Alaska Miners Association, the Mineralogical Society of America, the Geological Society of America, the American Chemical Society, the American Exploration & Mining Association, and professional member of American Institute of Professional Geologists.