Oliver Friesen has spent over ten years in the mining and oil & gas sectors working in various technical and corporate roles. Most recently, Oliver was Chief Executive Officer of Gold Lion Resources, a Vancouver-based exploration company focused on gold exploration in Idaho, USA. He holds a BSc (Hons.) degree in geology from University of British Columbia and a M.Sc. degree focusing in sedimentology from Simon Fraser University. He has been actively involved in mineral exploration since 2010 primarily working within Canada, United States, Australia and Africa.