Terra Firm Geoscience Services, Nanaimo, BC                             1993 – Present

Geoscience Consulting Firm – Senior Geoscientist

Projects Included:                                                                                                                    

  • Detailed karst landscape evaluations for forestry, alternative energy, & resource projects.
  • Regional mapping of karst landscapes for forest planning and applications of dye tracing
  • Structural mapping and investigations for tunneling, rock slide and coal resource projects
  • Terrain stability assessments for forest roads and harvesting areas
  • Geological hazard assessments for urban developments
  • Landslide hazard and risk investigations
  • Soil erosion assessments and mitigation
  • Forest road deactivation and rehabilitation

Agra Earth and Environmental Ltd., Nanaimo, BC                                           1991 – 1993 

Geotechnical and Engineering Consulting Firm – Intermediate Geologist  

Job requirements included:

  • Investigation of soil and bedrock conditions for foundations
  • Geotechnical/geological hazard assessments including abandoned coal mines
  • Hydrogeological investigations and mapping of structures
  • Assisted in the design of slope stability systems (e.g., rock bolting and shotcreting)
  • Geotechnical logging of oriented core for slope stability analysis of open pit
  • Supervising various geotechnical drill projects and logging of results

Cornish Exploration Services, Montreal, Halifax & BC                              1982 – 1991  

Consultant Geologist                                                                                                          

Various projects including:

  • Mapping and geochemistry of gold-bearing quartz-breccia deposits in NWT
  • Structural mapping of gold quartz vein systems in Nova Scotia
  • Reconnaissance exploration for graphite in Southeastern Quebec
  • Mapping, geophysics and geochemical sampling of gold-silver properties in Kootenay region of Southeast BC
  • Regional mapping of structures and stratigraphy in Central Nova Scotia
  • Neotectonic inventory of structures in glacial deposits, Nova Scotia

Newmont Mining Ltd, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 1985                                                    

Geologist                                                                                                                              

Job Requirements Included:

  • Sampling and mapping of test pits and trenches for gold mineralization
  • Rotary-air-blast drilling and mapping of bedrock for infrastructure sites
  • Logging of diamond drill core and sampling for gold mineralization
  • Geotechnical logging of core for open pit slope stability

Archer, Cathro & Associates Ltd.,Vancouver, BC                                              1980 – 1981

Junior Summer Field Geologist                                                                                         

Job Requirements Included:

  • Construction of exploration drill pads, field camp maintenance and logistics
  • Logging and sampling of drill core, and completing down hole geophysics
  • Reconnaissance mapping and soil sampling of gold and uranium properties