Samuel S. Dashevsky
President
A Certified Professional Geologist with over twenty five years experience prospecting for precious-metal and base-metal deposits in Interior Alaska.
Sam will design and operate your project in an efficient, safe, and environmentally responsible manner, generating certifiable results with excellent data quality.
He has operated exploration programs throughout Interior Alaska in remote bush camps and on the fringe of populated, politically sensitive areas.
- 2000's: Exploration manager overseeing projects for AngloGold Ashanti, International Tower Hill Mines, and North Star Exploration.
- 1990’s: Served as project manager for American Copper & Nickel Company’s Delta District, Ester Dome, Eagle Creek and Sawtooth projects.
- 1980’s: Conducted extensive reconnaissance exploration and property evaluations throughout Interior & Southwestern Alaska on behalf of Doyon, Limited Alaska Native Corporation and the mining industry.
Sam uses a hands-on management style actively participating at all levels, be it trouble-shooting drill operations, corporate presentations, or reconnaissance sampling & mapping. He has a successful history of innovative solutions used to overcome obstacles and logistics in order to keep projects actively exploring and within budget.
Carl F. Schaefer
Vice President
A Certified Professional Geologist with over fifteen years experience in mineral exploration and applied geotechnology.
Carl has a strong drilling and project operations background, augmented with expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and relational database design for modeling geologic, geochemical, and geophysical information.
An experienced field mapper and prospector, he is able to take charge of drilling operations, field exploration and crew logistics. His extensive skills in borehole information management, linking surface information with sub-surface drilling data to develop 3-dimensional geologic frameworks, allows for extensive target modeling and vectoring. Carl oversees quality control in sampling and data handling protocols, and provides rapid integration of exploration results into field operations.
- 2000's: Geologist and project manager on various projects for AngloGold Ashanti, Full Metal Minerals, International Tower Hill Mines, and North Star Exploration.
- 1990's: Served as geologist and GIS specialist for American Copper & Nickel Company's Delta District VMS exploration project and Grayd Resource Corporations White Gold project.
Carl specializes in bringing remote exploration projects into the 21st century, through a merger of the most advanced technologies with the most basic field operations.
Edward N. Hunter
Senior Geologist
An exceptional exploration geologist with over forty years experience prospecting for metallic minerals in Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile and Indonesia and still going strong.
Ed is highly adept at integrating geologic, geophysical and geochemical methods to field exploration for base- and precious-metal deposits. Highly experienced with porphyry, epithermal, mesothermal, volcanic & sediment hosted massive sulfide systems, he has operated remote exploration projects throughout western Canada and Alaska. Ed will maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of any exploration program from grassroots reconnaissance through to detailed drilling.
- 2000's: Geologist and project manager on many projects for AngloGold Ashanti, International Tower Hill Mines, and North Star Exploration.
- 1986 - 2000: Contract geologist and project manager for Inco in Yukon, British Columbia, Chile and Indonesia; and in Alaska for Inco’s subsidiary American Copper & Nickel Company.
- 1970 - 1985: Staff geologist and project manager for Inco Limited in Alaska, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Canada, Oregon and Mexico.
Ed specializes in remote exploration and field operations, acquiring direct and practical geological data in a safe, efficient and cost effective manner.
Tim Tannenbaum
Senior Geologist
A skilled exploration geologist with over fifteen years experience prospecting for precious and base metal deposits in Alaska.
Tim’s broad exploration experience ranges from grassroots stream sediment reconnaissance programs to definition drilling programs. He can manage drilling and field operations plus crew logistics safely and efficiently. He is skilled at integrating geologic observations with geochemical data to provide a comprehensive analysis of mineralized systems.
- 2004-Current: Geologist and project manager on numerous projects in Alaska for AngloGold Ashanti, International Tower Hill Mines, and Rhyolite Resources.
- 2004: Contract geologist at Kennecott’s Greens Creek Mine, Alaska
- 1998 & 2001: Contract geologist at Teck-Sumitomo JV, Pogo Gold Project, Alaska
- 1996-1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2003: Geologist and project manager for Kinross Gold at Fort Knox mine and exploration prospects in Fairbanks mining district
Dan Wiesneth
Senior Geologist
