Technical Advisors
Bruce MacLachlan, Exploration Consultant
Geological Technician & Prospector
Bruce brings over four decades of experience in mineral exploration to the Company, with a strong track record of guiding projects from grassroots discovery to advanced-stage development. His career includes roles as Geological Technician/Prospector with Noranda, Hemlo Gold, and Battle Mountain Gold; Project Manager with CanAlaska Uranium; and Exploration Manager with Noront Resources and Rare Earth Metals. Since 2001, Bruce has served as President and CEO of Emerald Geological Services, a private consulting firm. He is also President, COO, and Director of TSX Venture-listed Bold Ventures; and a Director of CSE-listed Silver Dollar Resources.
Coleman Robertson, P.Geo.
Geological Consultant & Qualified Person
Coleman is a professional geologist, having graduated from McGill University with a B.Sc. in Geology. He has over 10 years of experience working on grassroots to discovery-stage projects exploring for gold, base metals and rare elements, primarily in Ontario and Nunavut. Coleman is Vice President of Exploration for Emerald Geological Services, a private consulting firm, and Vice President of Exploration for TSX Venture-listed Bold Ventures.
Perry English, Prospector
Strategic Advisor
Referred to as a One-Man Project Generator, Perry was raised in Red Lake and has focused his prospecting career on northwestern Ontario, where he has staked thousands of claims and sold hundreds of properties over the past 40 years. He received the Ontario Prospectors Association’s Prospector of the Year Award in 2007 and their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Notably, Perry sold the original 67% of the Dixie Lake gold property to Great Bear Resources. Kinross Gold acquired Great Bear and its flagship Dixie project in 2022 for C$29.00 per share (~C$1.8 billion).
Andrea Diakow, P.Geo.
Technical Advisor
Andrea was a key contributor to the exploration success at the Dixie Project dating back to Great Bear's original discovery in 2017. She is a professional geologist with over 15 years of experience working in the mineral exploration industry on diverse precious and base metal projects ranging from grassroots to feasibility stage. Her experience includes over 6 years of gold exploration in the Red Lake district. Employing her strong technical background and diverse experience, Andrea managed Great Bear's exploration program, including QA/QC practices, and directed the various advanced exploration studies undertaken at Dixie prior to Great Bear being acquired by Kinross Gold Corp. in February 2022.
Mike Kilbourne, P.Geo.
Geological Consultant & Qualified Person
A consulting geologist with over 35 years of experience exploring for precious and base metals within Canadian greenstone belts, Mike also has significant experience in mining with underground narrow vein, underground bulk, and open-pit production in gold. His experience has given him a solid understanding of ore controls and deposit styles, which is critical to targeting and finding opportunities in the historical data. Mike earned a B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Western Ontario in London and is registered as a Professional Geoscientist in the province of Ontario.
Orix Geoscience Inc.
Geological Consultants
Orix is a geological firm advancing strategic exploration and mining through the integration of data and innovative geological understanding. Orix provides customized, end-to-end geology and geomatic expertise for stakeholders to make informed exploration, production, and investment decisions. They are a multi-faceted team of 50+ diverse and motivated Geologists and Data Experts operating cohesively within three Canadian offices: Toronto, Winnipeg, and Sudbury. Specialized services include scanning, cleaning, reorganizing, digitizing, compiling, interpreting, and modeling large datasets and boots-on-the-ground support through to target generation and executing field programs.
Dr. Frederick W. Breaks, Ph.D.
Technical Advisor
A proven explorer with over 40 years of fieldwork experience, Fred is well-known as a lithium and rare earth elements expert in Canada. His discoveries include two significant lithium-rich deposits in Northwestern Ontario: the Separation Rapids pegmatite near Kenora (Avalon Advanced Materials) and the Pakeagama Lake pegmatite in the North Spirit Lake area (Frontier Lithium). Fred has a BSc (Honours Geology) from the University of British Columbia, an MSc (Geology) from McMaster University, and a PhD (Geology) from Carlton University. He authored or co-authored 118 technical publications during his career with the Ontario Geological Survey and numerous external publications, of which several are available for download at ResearchGate.