Pavel Kepezhinskas is a Geologist and Earth Scientist at the Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Khabarovsk, Russia. He is also affiliated with PNK GeoScience, Tampa, FL, USA. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Moscow State University, Moscow, in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the USSR Academy of Science in 1986. His research interests include research, mining, and exploration projects investigating commodities such as silver-, gold-, platinum-group metals, diamonds, base metals, and industrial minerals.