Bob has over 15 years of industry + academic research experience in magmatic- and hydrothermal-related critical metals deposits. As a senior exploration geologist for Lundin Mining he helped discover the Eagle East Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposit. Bob has extensive field/drilling experience across North America ranging from: Nunavut, Alaska, Upper Michigan, and Northeastern Minnesota. He specializes in geochemistry, currently completing a Ph.D. (Geology) at Michigan Technological University on the topic of identifying and quantifying prospective compositional markers of magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposit host rocks. He also holds a M.Sc. (Geochemistry; Colorado School of Mines), and a B.A. (Geology; The College of Wooster).