Dr. Deutsch is Director and Professor in the School of Mining Engineering at the University of Alberta. He teaches and conducts research into better ways to model variability and uncertainty in mineral deposits. His employment history includes three years as a Research Professor at Stanford University, three years with Exxon Production Research Company and three years of experience with Placer Dome Inc. Dr. Deutsch has published eight books and over three hundred research papers. Dr. Deutsch holds the Alberta Chamber of Resources Industry Chair in Mining Engineering and the Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Natural Resources Uncertainty Characterization.

Jordan is an economic geologist specialised in hydrothermal gold deposits with additional skills in geological modelling and resource estimation. Jordan is currently based at Evolution Mining's Mungari operations and was previously at Newmont's Tanami operations focused on near-mine resource development. He has completed post-graduate studies in economic geology at UWA (PhD) and Laurentian University (MSc) and post-graduate studies in geostatistics at the University of Alberta (Citation). He holds a BSc (hons) degree from UBC and professional registration with the EGBC and the AIG.

James Catley is a Resource Geologist with more than a decade of experience in the mining industry, complemented by additional studies in geostatistics and renewable/geothermal energy. James gained core geological skills in logging, mapping, and QA/QC during three years spent completing site-based exploration and his career since has focused on geological modelling and Mineral Resource estimation, including extensive use of Leapfrog software. James has been involved in Mineral Resource estimation and technical studies for a variety of commodities including iron ore, nickel laterite, platinum group elements (PGE), gold, copper, rare earth elements (REE) and due diligence assignments involving gold, copper, PGE, and tin. James has completed Resource modelling and reporting in accordance with international reporting standards including JORC, NI 43-101, and S-K 1300. Prior to joining SLR, James was a Geologist at Golder Associates UK, a Project Geologist at Seequent, UK, and had several roles with BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Hancock Prospecting, Western Australia.

René has worked on early-stage, resource development and active mining projects in a wide variety of geological settings, in countries in Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America and Europe, and across multiple commodities. He holds a master’s degree in Structural Geology and Tectonics, and specialises in resource estimation, grade control, reconciliation, QA/QC and successful sample collection, with a strong skill set in exploration management for gold and base metals. He is a Chartered Professional and Fellow with the AusIMM, a Member and Registered Professional Geologist with the AIG, and has published papers and provided training on sampling, QA/QC and resource estimation. René is the principal author of many Canadian NI 43-101 and JORC compliant resource and exploration studies and has assisted clients with exploration programmes for these and other projects. He is a Competent/Qualified Person for gold (alluvial, shear-zone, epithermal and porphyry), base metals, seabed mineralisation (nodules), and industrial minerals (garnet sand, diatomite). Currently, René is a director of the AusIMM, an ex-officio member of the JORC Committee, and a director of Straterra (New Zealand’s peak body and national voice for the natural resources industries). He is also a director of opaxe (monitoring public resource reports), and a director of a private-equity mineral exploration company advancing its strategic-mineral assets.