Sam Bourque Email & Phone Number

Kellogg, Id, Us

Making Geologic Data Work, From the Rock Hammer to the Resource

Vulcan modeling, drill program design and management, sampling in remote, rugged and underground locations

Reno, Nevada Area

Transforming old paper data sets into digital form, building ArcGIS and Vulcan databases for all mapping, drilling and sampling information, planning and managing drilling and sampling programs on numerous properties

Duncan, Az

Guiding mining operations on a daily basis to keep drifts in narrow and discontinuous ore zones. Tracking and routing all production, sampling faces and stockpiles, underground surveying, production forecasting. Continuously sampling faces, geologic mapping and updating databases and ore body modeling in Vulcan

Merlin, Or

Managed drill crews and technicians, coordinated with lab and mill personnel, guided direction of mining operations to maximize ore grades

Logging 15k feet of drill core, managing drill crews, getting samples into work stream at large open-pit production assay lab

Reno, Nevada Area

Drill core logging, reconnissance mapping and sampling

Deep Post Mine

Principal ore control geologist, responsible for underground geologic mapping, core logging, Vulcan modeling, near-mine exploration, sampling, managing and tracking ore and waste underground and on surface stockpiles. Designed, implemented and trained co-workers in digital mapping underground directly into Vulcan software.