SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
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40 <strong>SEG</strong> NEWSLETTER No 53 • APRIL 2003<br />
personal notes & news<br />
CAREER-RELATED<br />
CHANGES<br />
ROBERT W. SCHAFER (<strong>SEG</strong> 1986 F)<br />
has been appointed president and chief<br />
executive <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> Coniagas Resources,<br />
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was<br />
elected to the board <strong>of</strong> directors.<br />
Previously, Bob was vice president <strong>of</strong><br />
exploration for Kinross Gold.<br />
MICHAEL THOMSEN (<strong>SEG</strong> 1999) has<br />
been appointed executive chairman <strong>of</strong><br />
the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> Cambridge<br />
Mineral Resources plc. He had been<br />
executive business development director<br />
<strong>of</strong> the board. Prior to that, he was<br />
exploration director <strong>of</strong> Newmont<br />
Mining Corporation and held various<br />
positions within the Gold Fields Mining<br />
Company and Freeport McMoRan, Inc.<br />
Corrections<br />
The January Newsletter (“Personal Notes<br />
& News,” note on J. David Lowell, p. 50)<br />
gave an erroneous location for the<br />
Pierina mine; the mine is in central Peru.<br />
AWARDS &<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
TRYGVE HOY (<strong>SEG</strong> 1997) was<br />
awarded the 2002 Provincial Geologist’s<br />
Medal by the British Columbia Geological<br />
Survey. Trygve joined the Survey in<br />
1974 and over the years has become an<br />
expert on the evolution <strong>of</strong> the margin <strong>of</strong><br />
western North America and the setting<br />
<strong>of</strong> the giant Sullivan orebody. He<br />
helped organize the Sullivan project, a<br />
five-year effort that culminated in The<br />
Sullivan Volume, which includes an<br />
overview by Hoy and others <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Purcell basin. He has also worked on<br />
VMS deposits in British Columbia and<br />
most recently, proposed that the<br />
Monashee complex might be an example<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Broken Hill-type deposit.<br />
DOUGLAS SILVER (<strong>SEG</strong> 1983 F) was<br />
asked to speak on exploration at the<br />
PDAC-CIM luncheon on March 12. Doug<br />
is president <strong>of</strong> Balfour Holdings, Inc.<br />
DEATHS<br />
MARK ALBERT MILLER (<strong>SEG</strong> 1987 F)<br />
died Nov. 8, 2002, in Tucson, AZ. He<br />
was 50 years old.<br />
Mark completed a bachelor <strong>of</strong> science<br />
degree at University <strong>of</strong> Missouri-<br />
Rolla, beginning a 28-year career in<br />
grassroots metal exploration as well as<br />
mine development and operations. He<br />
worked for Kerr-McGee, Cominco, and<br />
New Jersey Zinc. For 22 years, he was<br />
employed by Asarco, working in a variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> mining districts, including lead<br />
and zinc in Tenessee, Kentucky. and<br />
the Viburnum trend. Mark was also<br />
involved in porphyry copper deposit<br />
management at Ray, Silver Bell,<br />
Sacaton, and Mission mines in Arizona.<br />
Most recently, he managed a multimillion-dollar<br />
program at Silver Bell. Mark<br />
was an active member <strong>of</strong> several organizations,<br />
including the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration<br />
and the Arizona Geological <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
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Series Editor:<br />
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<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Geologists</strong>, Inc.<br />
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