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| Education |
University of California, San Diego: B.A., Biology, 1971 University of California, Santa Cruz: Ph.D., Earth Science, 1979 Fluent in Spanish, some German Continuing Education Courses 2009: Basic Appraisal Procedures: The Appraisal Institute 2008: Basic Appraisal Principles, USPAP Update Course, Business Practice and Ethics: The Appraisal Institute 2004: National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Course and Examination: The Appraisal Foundation 2003: Minerals Appraisal Symposium: The Centre for Advanced Property Economics 2000: Geochemical Methods for Buried Ore Deposits: Geological Society of Nevada 1997: Leached Capping Appraisal in Porphyry Copper Deposits: Geological and Exploration Associates 1995: GIS Applications using MapInfo Software: MapInfo Corporation 1994: Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Remediation: Geological Society of America 1992: Leadership Training: United States Geological Survey 1991: Supervisor's and Manager's Training in Equal Employment Opportunity: United States Geological Survey 1990: High Output Management: CareerTrack Seminars 1982: Quantitative Chemistry of High-Temperature Geothermal Fluids: Geothermal Resources Council 1980: : Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods: Colorado School of Mines |
Certification |
Certified Member American Institute of Minerals Appraisers (AIMA), #2006-3 California Registered Geologist, #7395 Wyoming Professional Geologist, #PG-2581 A Qualified Person for Canadian 43-101 stock-exchange purposes for many deposit types |
| Membership | Fellow, Society of Economic Geologists The Association of Applied Geochemists SME - Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Geological Society of America American Institute of Mineral Appraisers Associate Member, Appraisal Institute Member, American Institute of Professional Geologists |
2002 - Present |
Founding Member of Western Mineral Appraisers LLC, now Western Mineral Appraisers |
| 1998 - Present | Golden Gryphon Explorations, Inc. Senior Geologist and part owner. Exploration for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc deposits in Nevada, USA. |
| 1992 - Present | Metallan International. Economic geology consulting practice involved in the geologic and economic evaluation of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and tungsten mineral properties in North and South America and China. |
| 1982 - 1992 | United States Geological Survey. Chief, Branch of Western Mineral Resources, responsible for mineral-resource assessment and research in the western United States. Program Coordinator, Strategic and Critical Minerals Program, responsible for obtaining and allocating research funds for mineral-resource research projects in the Survey. Research Geologist, Western Mineral Resources, responsible for project research on Carlin-type gold deposits and on mineral-resource assessment methods. |
| 1980 - 1982 | Homestake Mining Company. Geologist, Exploration Research, responsible for developing exploration strategies based upon research at the McLaughlin gold deposit in California, USA. |
| 1979 - 1980 | Chevron Resources, Geologist, Project Evaluations, responsible for the geologic evaluation of a volcanic-hosted uranium deposit at the McDermitt caldera complex in Nevada, USA and of the underground silver resource in the Amethyst vein system at Creede, Colorado, USA. |
| 1979 - Present | As above, have undertaken evaluations of mineral properties in: United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Spain, and China. |
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