DAVID RHYS

Chief Technical Advisor

Mr. Rhys is a consulting geologist with over 28 years of experience in the mining industry applying geological studies with a structural focus to exploration, development and mining. Mr. Rhys has extensive experience in gold deposits, having worked globally on numerous gold districts of various types for a variety of clients including both major and junior companies. He has conducted direct, field-based geological studies on deposits which collectively contain over 600 million ounces of gold and over 2 billion ounces of Ag, including the major deposits of the Carlin Trend and region; most producing and historical mines in the Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt (Timmins deposits, Canadian Malartic, Kirkland Lake Macassa, Detour Lake, Val d'Or); several major epithermal deposits (e.g. Pueblo Viejo, Yanacocha, Round Mountain, Waihi, Kupol, Guanajuato); and in orogenic gold districts in Africa (e.g. Chirano, Damang, Sabodala, Fekola), Mexico (La Herradura), western North America and Australia (Fosterville, Pine Creek district). In addition, Mr. Rhys has broad experience in uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin, porphyry systems, and VMS deposits. His focus is on advanced projects and active mining operations, aiding in the interpretation of mine site ore controls and applications of mine geology to local and district scale exploration activities. Mr. Rhys also provides training to geological teams to aid in the application of consistent and relevant data collection, and of field based interpretive methods to clients’ technical staff.