Oliver Harper Email & Phone Number

Yamarna Greenstone Belt

Exploring the large regional package of the Archean Yarmarna Greenstone Belt.

Leonora, Western Australia, Australia

Nabarlek, Northern Territories

- Contract project geologist working with a small and technical team looking for high grade unconformity related uranium deposits.

Mt. Gibson, Western Australia

- Contract geologist at Mt. Gibson. A bulk tonnage structurally controlled orogenic-Au system.- Management of DD, RC and AC drilling. Including training and mentoring junior staff.- Built the first detailed geological model of the deposit after managing the projects first deep diamond drilling program. Presented findings to investors and management..

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

• Geologist leading early stage exploration programs with Centerra's North American Generative Team. Work focusing on alkalic porphyries, low and high sulphidation epithermal and reduced intrusion related gold systems.
• Planned and executed multiple challenging diamond and RC drill programs effectively and within budget across a wide variety of deposit types and environements.
• Developed working hypothesis and tested with a wide variety of data sources and consultants.
• Trained and developed junior staff and worked closely with a wide variety of contractors.
• Helped to plan and complete a wide variety of exploration workflows including geophysics, surface sampling, mapping and modelling.
• Ran daily and weekly safety meetings, hazards assessments and reviews with inspectors to a high standard.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

• .Geologist working managing an early stage orogenic-Au drill program in SW BC.
• Program management including: contractor and drill logistics during a period of intense flooding.
• Technical Managment including: core logging, sampling, hypothersis building and report writing.

Bralorne, BC, Canada

• Geologist working on infill and exploration drilling for a maiden resource at Talisker's Flagship Bralorne Gold Mine. British Columbia's Largest producing historic gold mine.
• Conducted late-stage DD and RC drilling on a structurally controlled high-grade orogenic Au deposit.
• Managed exploration and infill rig management inc. pad building, drill hole targeting and tracking.
• Significant experience logging an orogenic-Au system and data upload into MXdeposit.
• Used Leapfrog Geo. to track holes in real time. To ensure hitting targets at correct infill spacing, avoiding historic workings at a distance routinely over a km in depth.
• Worked to an extremely high standard of site safety as a large team, 5 rigs spinning.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Part of the Greenfields team working on Talisker's Spences Bridge Claim. The largest single ground staking in BC's history. Used systematic exploration to identify and expand multiple prospects throughout SW BC. The.
• Initial stream sediment sampling
• Follow up basin mapping and prospecting
• Soil and Talus sampling.
• Early stage drilling.

Djibouti

• Two Successful Greenfield Seasons working for Thani-Stratex Djibouti now Oriole Resources PLC. Tasks included:
• Running simultaneous operation of RC and diamond drilling rigs from planning to completion. Within budget across and various tenements.
• Rig management including building access and pads (by hand and excavator). Scheduling of personnel and supplies. Actively adapting drill programme with changing geology and results.
• Core logging and data management of a multi-phase epithermal system, 3km Diamond and 4km RC.
• Management of junior geologists, drilling personnel and local labour.
• Monitoring of all geological processes and logistical aspects of a complex drill program.

Roche, England, United Kingdom

• Assembled and contributed significantly to the Preliminary Economic Assessment on a revolutionary hard rock Li-mica deposit. Requiring the deep understanding of the project geology to the mine process.
• Planned and organised multiple drill and trenching programmes including RC and RAB drilling.
• Conducted significant sample preparation and processing within BLL’s inhouse Laboratory.
• Conducted final phases of field mapping, channel sampling and grab sampling.
• Kept organised QAQC and sample tracking information.
• Collated, analysed and interpreted assay data. Expanding and confirming geological knowledge of new deposit type.

Roche, England, United Kingdom

MSc Thesis Titled 'Characterisation of Lithological Variations of the St. Austell Granite and Implications for Lithium Prospectivity in Gunheath Pit, Cornwall'.

Huntsville, Ontario, Canada

• Led group of 48 including 12 staff on 6 separate 36-day expeditions into the Canadian and U.S. wilderness
• In charge of a group of 60 children while in camp
• Responsible for operation logistics, organization and planning

Huntsville, Ontario, Canada

• Managed team of 15 staff for 6 weeks
• Oversaw programming for an entire age group of 60 children which ran smoothly with no problems
• Managed safety, supported staff and dealt with any serious problems with campers
• Experience in public speaking, organization, and discipline of staff

Msc - Exploration Geology, Geology/Earth Science, High 2:1 (Hons)

Activities and Societies: IOM3 South West representative, FUSC committeeSample work titled 'Gold in Finnish Lapland' is a exploration.

Bsc - Applied Geology, Geology/Earth Science, High 2:1 (Hons)

Activities and Societies: CSM Society of Economic Geologists, IOM3, CSM lacrosse committee member, FUSC committee member.

A-Levels, Maths: Mechanics (A), Geography (A) And Physics (A)

Activities and Societies: Hills Road Rowing Team, Represented School at national Biathlon and Indoor Rowing ChampionshipsAS level.