Robert Schafer Mr. Schafer has 30 years of international experience in the mining industry working with both major and junior mining companies. He is currently Chief Business Development Executive with Hunter Dickinson Inc., a globally-active private natural resources corporation, prior to his current position he was the Vice President of Exploration for Kinross Gold Corporation. Mr. Schafer also held senior exploration management positions with both BHP World Minerals and Billiton Exploration during the 1980's and early 1990's. Mr. Schafer is the Past President of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, and Director of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (S.M.E.), as well as the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). He is a past-president of the Geological Society of Nevada and was a Councilor for the Society of Economic Geologists, and was Trustee for the Northwest Mining Association. In 2002, the A.I.M.E. presented Mr. Schafer with its William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal for career achievement. In 2007 he was elected a Distinguished Member of S.M.E. Robert completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Geology and Mineral Economics at Miami University (Ohio) and the University of Arizona.
