Meeting Overview The meeting featured a discussion with Ian Bliss, President and CEO of Northern Shield Resources, about his background in geology and exploration, particularly his experiences in Greenland and his journey to leading Northern Shield. The conversation highlighted the challenges and lessons learned in the mineral exploration industry. Key Discussion Points - Ian Bliss's early life in Zimbabwe and influences from his family in geology and navigation. - His initial aspirations to become a pilot and how he transitioned to a career in geology. - Experiences and challenges faced while exploring in Greenland, including the rugged terrain and lack of modern navigation tools. - The importance of a model-driven approach to exploration adopted by Northern Shield. - The discovery of a WWII B-17 bomber during his exploration in Greenland. - Ian's decision to start Northern Shield after returning from Greenland and the challenges of entering the market post-Bre-X scandal. - Focus o...
Mr. Bliss has over 20 years experience in the mineral exploration industry having studied geology at the University of New Brunswick.
From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Bliss was an independent consulting geologist, responsible for exploration projects for NunaMinerals A/S, formerly Nunaoil A/S in Nuuk, Greenland and, in 2000, for Crew Development in Norway.
In Greenland, Mr. Bliss worked in some of the most remote and rugged terrain using a model driven approach to efficiently explore large tracts of land despite short explorations seasons. He has used a similar approach to generate targets in Ontario, including the discovery of a layered intrusion on the Highbank Lake Property and volcanic-hosted massive sulphides at the Wabassi and Tempest properties.
Mr. Bliss has served as President of Northern Shield since its inception in 1999.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: It's my pleasure today to be joined by Ian Bliss, the President and CEO of Northern Shield Resources. How are you this morning, Ian? I am very well, Romeo. Thanks for having me. Yeah, great. Speaker 1: So I'd love just to get started, if you could tell us a bit about your background. Curious. I love to ask people in the space. This was a career in mining always in the cards for you, or did it just sort of happen? Speaker 2: Well, I guess it sort of was. I mean, I was born in the bush in Zimbabwe. Speaker 2: My father was Speaker 2: a geologist with Speaker 2: the Rhodesian Geological Speaker 2: Survey. Speaker 2: For 6-months of the year, Speaker 2: I lived in a caravan with my parents, my older brother and my older sister, a 14-foot caravan, Speaker 2: and saying that this caravan was set up wherever my dad was assigned to map for the survey Speaker 2: that season. So Speaker 2: I was introduced to rocks and bush life literally Speaker 2: since day 1. Speaker 2: And on top of that, my mother was a cartographer Speaker 2: or a mapmaker, Speaker 2: you know, before Speaker 2: moving out to Rhodesia with my father, worked at the Royal Geographical Society in London with many of the world's sort of top explorers and mountaineers at that time, including Stradburn Hillary, Vivian Foulkes, and Canada's Speaker 2: Fred Roots, who did a lot of work in Antarctica Speaker 2: and the Arctic. Speaker 2: And so I was, you know, brought up around maps and reading about these stories about these explorers. Speaker 2: And my dad's 2nd career Speaker 2: was a navigator, Speaker 2: 1st in the Royal Air Force, and then the Rhodesian Royal Air Force. And so I'd say I was maps for everywhere Speaker 2: around our caravan and our house. Speaker 2: So along with the maps, the ro...
