I'm a widely experienced explorationist focused primarily on copper, zinc, and gold metal deposits in a variety of terrains. I excel at conceptualizing high quality exploration targets, designing and implementing exploration programs, and building and managing exploration teams. Experience has spanned early to advanced stage exploration projects. I have over 35 years of experience as an exploration geologist working throughout the western U.S. , Alaska, and internationally. My experience includes exploration for both sediment-hosted and volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits, porphyry copper deposits, epithermal gold deposits, intrusive-related gold deposits, sediment-hosted gold deposits, carbonate-hosted base metal deposits, and copper-cobalt and copper-nickel deposits. I specialize in project generation, exploration target conceptualization, exploration program design, project evaluation, building and leading exploration teams, and imbuing exploration programs with a strong technical focus. Presently, I'm working with our team at Sandfire Resources to develop the Black Butte Copper project in central Montana, where we're building an underground mine on copper deposits I helped discover back in 1985 during my earlier years with Cominco American Inc. The Montana DEQ gave Sandfire its Final Mine Operating Permit on August 15th of 2020, which allowed the first phase of construction of surface facilities on the project. The cut and fill mining plan includes paste tailings backfill of underground stopes; cemented paste tailings in a dry double lined surface facility; and discharge of RO treated water to groundwater. 100% of the site will return to cattle grazing, its current use, after a short closure and reclamation period. The design has successfully eliminated any issues with water quality and eliminates any aspect of the mine that would require 'perpetual' management. This is the first new major mine permitted in Montana in many years. After weathering legal challenges by antimining groups against our company and the Montana DEQ, we're awaiting a supreme court ruling expected in early 2024 which will resolve any legal matters. We're confident we've got an exceptionally strong case and we and the Montana DEQ can easily resolve any outstanding issues.