FREDERICK BREAKS, PH.D. AND QP

 

Fred is a professional geologist and has geological degrees from The University of British Columbia, McMaster University, and Carleton University. He has been the author and co-author of over 120 publications. Fred is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, and his career of 40 years has involved extensive field work with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) to 2008 and currently as an independent geological consultant. Work with the OGS involved diverse geological mapping projects that cumulatively covered over 150,000 km2 of granite-greenstone terrain and high-grade metasedimentary belts in the Canadian Shield of Ontario. Fred has experience with many mineral deposit-types in the Archean shield, including rare-earth elements, uranium, lode gold, banded iron formation, base metals, cobalt, and lithium-rich, rare-element pegmatites. Work locations elsewhere included Quebec, British Columbia, Colorado and Nevada. Ore deposit specialization focused upon rare metal mineralization ( Li, Be, Cs, Nb, Rb, and Ta) and the rare earth elements. This work established a genetic connection between the rare metals and specific granite types (S-type peraluminous intrusions) and was published in peer-reviewed papers. This genetic model led to major discoveries of the largest lithium deposits in Ontario. Fred presently is an independent consulting geologist for the mining industry.

 

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RICHARD R. REDFERN, MSc CPG and QP

 

Rick is a geological consultant with over 40 years of experience in evaluating prospects, projects, and companies for acquisitions and mergers, and has considerable experience and expertise in exploration, development, mining geology and management. Richard has worked for some of the biggest names in the industry including Barrick Mining and Homestake Mining Co.

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