Ron Mcintyre

Ron graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1977 with a BSc in Geology, later earning registration as a P. Geo with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He has worked in western Canada for the last 43 years as a geologist and geological consultant on a wide variety of mineral exploration projects, including experience in precious and base metals, coal and industrial minerals. In addition to wide-ranging mineral work he enjoyed some more unusual challenges, working for Consolidated Hydro Inc. in 1989-91 on small hydroelectric project developments in British Columbia, and in 1996-98 on a coalbed natural gas project in Upper Silesia, Poland.

His career has included substantial experience in mine development, including: participation in the expansion plan for the Pavilion Limestone Quarry in 1986; overseeing permitting of the Sylvester Road Aggregate Quarry in 1985 and of the Cox Station Aggregate Quarry in 1986; contribution to the Pre-Feasibility study of the Aristazabal Island Limestone Project in 2000-01; and participation in the development and startup of the Trend Coal Mine in 2004-05. Since 2007 he has been President of Devonian Metals Inc., owner of the Wrigley Project, an advanced Oxide-Zinc development in the Northwest Territories of Canada.