Deep Dive on Copper Plateau

Mr. Ackert began his career as a regional geologist with St. Joe Minerals, Bond Gold Canada and LAC Minerals in the 1980s. In 1990 he became mine geologist at LAC Minerals’ Golden Patricia Mine (Barrick Gold Corp after 1994) where he specialized in production and exploration. In 1996 he was appointed VPEx for Orezone Resources Inc. focusing on West Africa and was subsequently named VP Technical Services in 2005. Mr. Ackert was a co-founder of C3 Metals, a successful explorer for copper in Peru and Jamaica where several significant porphyries and skarns have been discovered. Mr. Ackert holds a BSc. In Geology from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Baird brings nearly 20 years of technical, management, evaluation, and development experience in porphyry Cu-Mo-Au, epithermal Au-Ag, orogenic Au, and magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE exploration across the Americas and Caribbean with Vale, Wallbridge, Carube Copper, C3 Metals, and PrometheX Ltd. Mr. Baird played an integral part in the discovery of the Parkin 1500 Cu-Ni-PGE Zone (Sudbury), Rogers Creek and MacKenzie Cu-Au Porphyries (BC), and the Main Ridge Au-Ag-Cu Epithermal trend in Jamaica as well as the development of the Broken Hammer Cu-PGE open pit in Sudbury, Ontario. Mr. Baird holds an Applied MSc. in Economic Geology with a focus on Exploration from Laurentian University and is a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo) in both British Columbia and Ontario.