Rob McLeod, P.Geo.
Vice President Exploration and Director Mr. McLeod is a highly technical, creative and innovative exploration geologist. He has over fifteen years of post-graduate experience in mining and mineral exploration, working for a variety of major and junior mining companies. Mr. McLeod has worked in various tectonic and orogenic environments throughout North America , with an emphasis on epigenetic gold, volcanogenic massive sulphide, and magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE exploration. Through working with several major, mid-size and junior companies, he has developed a strong set of managerial skills, including budgeting, planning and supervision of large and small exploration and mine development projects. Technical skills include advanced GIS and 3D geologic modeling, grade-block modeling and resource calculation, mine design and geostatistics, lithogeochemical and structural studies, as well as project generation and property evaluation. His exploration strategy is a multitiered approach, including: conceptual geologic ideas with prospecting,early-stage project advancement focusing on discovery, and advancing mid-stage projects towards feasibility. The majority of Mr. McLeod's exploration experience has been in Alaska, Yukon and Nunavut. As an exploration geologist and project manager at Miramar's Hope Bay project, he was part of the team that discovered the Naartok deposit, as well as expanding and delineating the Boston and Doris deposits. He was previously Vice President of Exploration for Atna Resources Ltd., a junior company exploring for gold in Alaska , and base metals in the Yukon. Mr. McLeod is currently a director for Keegan Resources, Underworld Resources and Tintina Gold Mines.
Mr. McLeod obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in Economic Geology from the University of British Columbia in 1993 and graduated from Queens University, Masters in Geology, Mineral Exploration Program in 1998. He is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Alaska Miners Association and the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines.
