Meet the Team
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
PhD in geology with more than thirty-five years of experience in regional, district, and head-frame exploration. Extensive US and international experience including surface and underground mine geology. Childs has had a role in metals and industrial minerals discoveries. Good managerial and field skills, including management of exploration programs in challenging cultural and logistical situations. Functional command of English, field Spanish and Portuguese; rusty German and French, very marginal Romanian, Turkish, and other languages. Registered Geologist and Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
Vince Scartozzi, Senior Geologist
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
A licensed geologist with over 30 years of experience in exploration, project development and mining production. Primarily base metal focused, he has worked for Cominco American and Teck Resources for 23 years, including 13 years at the Pend Oreille Pb-Zn underground mine where he served as Chief Geologist. He also served as Chief Geologist at the Alexco Resources underground narrow vein Ag-Pb-Zn mine in the Yukon, senior geologist on Novagold’s Arctic Project in Alaska, and seven years as senior geologist for the Tintina Resources (Sandfire) Black Butte Copper project in central Montana.
Riley Leigh, BS in Geology
John Childs, PhD, President, Senior Geologist
Ethan Coppage, MS in Geoscience
Strong experience in all phases of core drilling and logging in precious metals and industrial minerals exploration. Strong experience in trenching, panel sampling, and channel sampling on gold projects in Nevada. Strong experience in designing and executing soil, stream sediment and rock sampling programs. Experience in geophysical surveys. Strong experience in claim layout and staking. Strong leadership skills. Strong GIS skills and experience with Trimble surveying system
Ethan Coppage, MS in Geoscience
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Ethan Coppage, MS in Geoscience
A seasoned geologist with ten years of industry experience spanning multiple commodity types and locations. He possesses a Master's in Geoscience from Montana Tech and a Bachelor's in Geology from Fort Lewis College. He has led mining projects with both major and minor mining companies across the North American Cordillera. He is experienced in leading exploration projects, production in both underground and pit settings, development of QA/QC programs, and leadership of teams of various sizes. His academic career is punctuated by multiple publications and conference presentations.
Jake Worsfold, BS in Geology
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Strong experience in all phases of core drilling and logging for SEDEX mineralization. Strong experience in designing and executing soil, stream sediment and rock sampling programs. Strong experience in claim layout and staking and leadership of field crews. Strong GIS skills and experience with Trimble surveying system. Experience in geophysical surveys.
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Christopher Kussmaul, BS in Geology
Strong experience in underground hard rock mining, served in a production role prior to joining CGI. Strong experience in all phases of core drilling and logging in precious metals and industrial minerals exploration. Strong experience in interpreting historical survey, engineering, and geological reports for their use in modern projects and with the SMES process. Excellent GIS skills and experience with Trimble surveying system. Strong experience with Surpac and other mining software.
Nate Nelsen, BS in Geology
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Strong GIS ability and familiar with Trimble survey system. Strong experience in soil and stream sediment sampling programs. Logging, sampling, and mapping experience on mafic-ultramafic hosted PGE-copper exploration and drilling programs. Strong experience in all phases of core drilling programs.
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Strong GIS ability and familiar with Trimble survey system. Strong experience in soil and stream sediment sampling programs. Strong logging, sampling, and mapping experience on mafic-ultramafic hosted PGE-copper exploration and drilling programs. Strong experience in all phases of core drilling programs.
John Bailey, BS in Geology
Rory Johnson, BS in Geology
Diana White, Office Manager
Currently completing MS in Structural Geology at University of New Mexico. Strong GIS, mapping, Trimble surveying skills. Experience writing 43-101 reports, excellent writing skills. Working command of Spanish. Groundwater and watershed experience. Project leader on major soil and stream sediment sampling and staking programs. Extensive drilling and logging experience in remote areas. Strong understanding of ore deposits hosted in mafic/ultramafic rocks.
Diana White, Office Manager
Diana White, Office Manager
Diana White, Office Manager
Excellent management and computer skills, highly organized, with the company since 2012. Strong skills in Adobe office suite. Excellent experience with payroll, tax filings, workers comp, health care programs. Strong experience in website design