Terry W. Fox: breccia pipe exploration and mining consultant (BS geology, CPG)
Terry
W. Fox is a Licensed and Registered geologist in Virginia and North
Carolina, and a Certified Professional Geologist with the American
Institute of Professional Geologists. Graduating from the University of
Utah in 1975 with a BS in geology and a minor in geological
engineering,
Mr. Fox has over 33 years
experience in mineral exploration, mining, project management,
engineering geology, groundwater modeling, radioactive waste disposal,
site characterization, geotechnical engineering, environmental geology,
and hazardous waste remediation.
Within the nuclear power industry Mr. Fox has experience
from “cradle to grave”; encompassing uranium
exploration, mining and
mine development, uranium milling operations, nuclear power plant
operations, radioactive waste characterization, and radioactive waste
disposal.
Mr. Fox previously worked in the mining, exploration, and
milling departments for Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. in the
70’s and
80’s. This included breccia pipe exploration and mining in
Northern
Arizona where he discovered the Kanab North ore body.
Larry D. Turner: managing geologist/president (BS geology, MS geochemistry, MS mineral economics)
Larry D. Turner is a mineral exploration geologist (BS, 1975: Eastern
Washington State College), exploration geochemist (MS, 1981: Eastern
Washington University), mineral economist (MS, mineral economics, 1998:
Colorado School of Mines) with a total of over 30 years of experience
in the named fields.
His earliest work in uranium dates back to the mid-1970s when he
started working for the French uranium company, Minatome, as projects
geologist pursuing (and catching) volcanic and basal
conglomerate-hosted uranium deposits. Subsequent employers in uranium
included Denison Mines (basal conglomerate uranium) and
Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. (breccia pipe uranium geochemical
exploration).
Mr. Turner managed a long-term breccia pipe uranium
exploration program for the Red Butte JV between DIR Exploration, Inc.,
and PNC Exploration (USA), Inc., from 1987 through 1992. The initial
properties of the current Kaibab JV exploration program being managed
by DIR consist of the core prospects of the earlier DIR-operated joint
venture.
Mr. Turner’s detour into gold exploration in the early
1990s helped lead to the discovery and development of the Ken
Snyder/Midas bonanza silver-gold vein deposit, as well as the later
discovery of DIR’s Gopher Prospect. The Gopher is an
undrilled bonanza
gold vein prospect in the northern part of the Slumbering Hills Mining
District, the same mining district that hosted AMAX Gold’s
high-grade
Sleeper Mine.
Irving L. Turner: senior consultant/executive VP (BA geology/physics, MS geology)
I.L. Turner is a mining and
mineral exploration
geologist with almost 50 years experience in the minerals
industry. He
earned his BA in geology/physics at Southern Illinois University in
1958, and his MS in geology at the University of Tennessee in
1960. First employment was with the St. Joseph Lead Company as
mine
geologist, then district geologist and exploration geologist in the
southeastern Missouri lead belt. During 1969 to 1973 he worked
as
district geologist for Vanguard Exploration at the Pend Oreille Mine
and in the encompassing Metaline Mining District in northeastern
Washington State.
From 1973 to the present he has lived in Colorado, and initially worked from there with NL Industries as special projects geologist with emphasis on the Bayhorse fluorspar-base metal Mining District in Idaho. In 1976 he joined Texasgulf Minerals and Metals Co. as: manager of coal and potash exploration, then as manager of North American base metals exploration, and lastly as vice president of exploration. Since 1986 Mr. Turner has worked as a geological consultant, primarily in the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar/base metal Mining District as well as a partner/VP with DIR Exploration in Arizona and Nevada.