Wayne Lockhart (Director and Chief Geologist).
Mr. Lockhart has been involved in mineral deposit prospecting, exploration and development for over 35 years. Early in his career, Mr. Lockhart worked with DeBeers Consolidated Mines Ltd. (diamond exploration in Africa), Phelps Dodge Corp. (base metals and uranium in Eastern Canada), and Benguet Consolidated, where he acted as Chief Geologist (base and precious metals in the Philippines). Subsequently, his company, Lockhart Exploration, has been involved in several significant mineral discoveries, including the Hale-Myabo gold/copper deposit (Philippines), the Minto, Beersville and Lakestream coal deposits (New Brunswick), and the Lockhart Silica Mine quartz deposit (New Brunswick). Mr. Lockhart has also been engaged in silver exploration (Morocco), Sapphire exploration (Nunavut), and in gold and base metal exploration throughout Eastern Canada. Mr. Lockhart, through Lockhart Exploration, has assisted in the establishment of university-level exploration education courses in connection with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Burma, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines, and has also designed and taught prospecting courses for provincial, territorial and federal government entities in Canada. Mr. Lockhart has been a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for over 25 years, and is currently an honorary director. He is also a member of the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association (former President), the CIM (former President of the Geological Society), the NBCIM (former Chairperson), and the Association of Exploration Geologists. Mr. Lockhart obtained his B.Sc. in Geology from the University of New Brunswick in 1961, and he subsequently returned to teach geology at UNB in 1963 to 1966.