Alex Burton is a professional geologist and engineer with over 50 years of extensive experience in mining exploration and development. After holding management positions with Noranda, Copper Range Exploration, and Phelps Dodge (Canada), he formed his own mining consulting company in 1974. He is considered an expert in geology and geochemistry and has planned and supervised numerous field programs for many companies on diverse types of mineral properties in many different countries. He has extensive experience in setting up major exploration programs and bringing mineral deposits into production. Mr. Burton teaches the placer mining courses for BCIT/BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines and is a founding member of the Association of Exploration Geochemists. He is a member of other professional associations, and has held executive positions with them at times. |