Adrian King, PhD, P.Geo

Dr. King is also a graduate of the Royal School of Mines and was previously the head of Chilean & Argentinian exploration for Teck Resources Limited before becoming Teck’s Head of Global Exploration in 2016 until his retirement in 2020. His roles have covered projects at all stages from generative through to evaluations, commercial and resource-reserve definition. Dr. King has authored and co-authored several scientific papers and has been a team member for multiple discoveries with a particular emphasis on epithermal gold silver, porphyry copper (+/- gold) and base metal deposits.

Brad Mercer, P.Geo

Mr. Mercer managed copper exploration for Capstone Copper Corp. in the Americas from 2005-2017, initially as VP Operations including Capstone’s mining operations and then subsequently as COO. During Brad’s tenure at Capstone operational improvements included tripling mine life at the Minto and Cozamin operations and doubling production from Cozamin. Capstone went on to merge with private equity company Mantos Copper, forming a mid-cap, Latin American operation, with four mines plus several multi-billion-dollar capital development projects. Mr. Mercer’s team also made significant porphyry and IOCG mineral discoveries in Chile and a large porphyry/epithermal complex in northern Mexico. Prior to Capstone, Mr. Mercer was directly involved gold exploration across Canada, including the Hope Bay and Committee Bat projects in Nunavut.

Dr. Frederick T. Graybeal, MS, PhD

Dr. Graybeal has degrees from Dartmouth College (AB, 1960) and the University of Arizona (economic geology/geochemistry, M.Sc., and Ph.D.). His 60 years of experience began as a mine geologist at Asarco’s Silver Bell open pit porphyry copper mine in 1962 followed by 3 years with a Canadian joint venture exploring for copper in Arizona. He joined Asarco’s Exploration Department in 1971 as a staff geologist, became manager of Asarco’s Southwest Exploration Division in 1976, chief geologist responsible for exploration programs worldwide in 1980, and retired in 2003. He now consults for various exploration and investment groups. His principal expertise is in porphyry Cu-Mo (Au), epithermal, and orogenic gold exploration.

Max Brownhill, B.Sc., R.P.Bio., Falkirk Environmental Consultants Ltd.

Max is a founding partner of Falkirk and a senior science professional with strong experience providing environmental leadership through the project, exploration, engineering construction and closure phases.