David S. Smith Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Lead the company’s technical efforts to develop its gold and copper-gold projects, including complex permitting and directional drilling on the company's Kay Mine VMS deposit in central Arizona.

Highlands Geoscience provides a complete range of geologic, management, and sustainability services to the exploration and resource industry. We offer highly effective management and extensive geologic and minerals-industry knowledge gained from our principals’ 90+ years of experience in exploration and mining, hundreds of projects, four ore deposit discoveries, and four mines into production. Our skills cover the full range of the resource industry from greenfields exploration to development and sustainability.

Provided technical management for developing drilled silver-gold resource project in Nevada. Acquired the company’s key asset, the Corcoran Canyon silver-gold project.

Founder of prospect generator company focused on precious and base metals worldwide. Evaluated two zinc mines and smelter for acquisition, resulting in a combined $140M term sheet from two major mine finance houses.

Founding director and lead business-development geologist for Australian junior company; acquired three high-grade gold projects in California, including a drilled gold resource.

Acquired a silver-gold project with a drilled resource, attracted a joint-venture partner, and sold the company and its 20% project interest.

Integral member of team that acquired two gold-silver projects that revived a Canadian junior TSX-V company, resulting in 17.5x share price increase. Acquisition of previously producing gold mine and two other properties with combined gold resources of 793,000 ounces attracted major equity and debt investments, leading to friendly takeover of RCG management.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Supported Australian-Canadian exploration startup in acquiring its first lithium, graphite, and cobalt projects. Assisted with initial steps of corporate sustainability strategy.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

As Gold Exploration Manager for Mexico, I ran a 3-year $2.25M precious-metals strategic exploration alliance with partner Hochschild Mining. We acquired four new projects in the alliance and generated $1.7M in additional project-specific funding. As Chief Geologist I guided the geologic team toward discovery by calling for creative, critical thinking and the highest geologic standards. I improved the quality of geologic work on the company's exploration projects, set exploration strategy, generated and evaluated new projects, managed up to twelve geologists, researched deposit models, and oversaw field work, QAQC, reports, and budgets.

Managed the company's exploration activities, including project acquisition, exploration and drilling programs, field geology, management of contractors and consultants, and sustainability.

Consultant on mineral projects as chief geologist, exploration program director, exploration project manager, project acquisition director, sustainability advisor.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Manager for firm-wide sustainable development communications program, technical writer and editor for major technical reports.

Directed gold exploration in western Mexico, involved in discovering the Solidaridad deposit, with potential for 750,000 ounces gold, 2.3 million ounces silver, and 44 million pounds copper.

Worked for INCO's U.S. subsidiary at the Mineral Hill Mine, Jardine, Montana, doing research on the mine's Archean lode-gold deposit.

Shelton, Ct, Us

Worked on environmental investigations and long-term groundwater cleanup projects.

Managed gold exploration and drilling programs, did field geology on exploration for gold and base metals in the western U.S.

Mba, Sustainable Business

Ms, Economic Geology

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