Dr. Steve Garwin

Steve has more than 35 years of experience as an exploration geologist with large and small mining companies. He has participated in the gold and copper projects of more than 50 clients in over 25 countries. He worked with Newmont Mining for ten years, including two years as Chief Geologist in Nevada. 

Steve is an independent consultant based in Perth, Australia. He obtained his B.Sc. in geology from Stanford, M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and Ph.D. (distinction) from the University of Western Australia. He is an adjunct research fellow at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at UWA and has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific papers and abstracts. Steve is chief technical advisor to SolGold Plc. (SOLG:L and SOLG:TSX-V), Hot Chili Ltd. (HCH:ASX and HCH:TSX-V) and the TMT Project of Belararox (BRX:ASX); and technical advisor to Japan Gold Corp. (JG:TSX-V).

Steve is one of the leading authorities on porphyry, epithermal and Carlin-style mineralization in the circum-Pacific region. He has been involved in several, major exploration and mining projects, including the Batu Hijau porphyry Cu-Au mine in Indonesia; the gold mines of the Carlin and Battle Mountain Trends in Nevada; the Cortadera porphyry deposit cluster in northern Chile; and the recently discovered world-class Alpala porphyry Cu-Au-Ag deposit, Tandayama porphyry Cu-Au and Cacharposa porphyry Cu-Au deposit in Ecuador.