Archibald Aurum

Archibald Aurum

Geology Consultant
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A Principal Geologist with a PhD in economic geology, 14 years of academic and 20+ years of applied exploration experience, specialising in target generation from continental to licence scale across precious, base, battery, and energy minerals.

Core skills
Target generation (continental to licence scale)Regional metallogenyMineral exploration (precious, base, battery, energy)Resource estimationNI 43-101 Competent & Qualified Person reportingExploration geochemistryDrilling QA/QCExploration management & staff training
Academic & professional qualifications
  • Ph.D., Economic Geology / Geochemistry — McGill University2002
  • M.Sc., Geology — Memorial University of Newfoundland1995
  • B.Sc. (Hons), Geology — University of Glasgow1992
  • Professional Geologist (P.Geo.) — Institute of Geologists of Ireland; APGO (Ontario)
  • European Geologist (EurGeol); Fellow, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
Experience
Present

Insitu Resources Advisory Ltd

Geology Consultant.

Present

Aurum Exploration Limited

Principal Geologist & Technical Director. Target-generation studies from continental to local scale, exploration budgets and programme oversight, and NI 43-101 Competent and Qualified Person technical reports.

Present

Compass Gold Corporation (TSX)

Technical Director & Qualified Person, leading exploration across 12 permits on orogenic lode-gold systems in Mali.

Present

Planet Green Metals (TSX)

Director & Qualified Person, focused on critical metals (lithium, copper, nickel) and gold in Ontario and Quebec.

2005 – 2017

Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM)

Technical Director. Target generation, licence acquisition, and field programmes across Scandinavia, the British Isles, Mauritania, and Greenland.

20+ years

Selected projects worldwide

NI 43-101 resource estimation (Magambazi gold, Tanzania), VMS and orogenic gold (Ethiopia), uranium (Mauritania, Tanzania), lithium and critical minerals (Ireland, Canada), and technical due diligence across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.