Our Team

Aurum Discovery Team

Barry Stoffell, MSci, PhD

Barry Stoffell, MSci, PhD

CEO

Highly technical, driven professional with extensive experience in the generation and management of exploration projects within both major and junior mining companies. Strong commercial awareness, experience of project appraisal and business development and an extensive track record generating and leading projects in developing countries and challenging environments. Particular expertise in province-scale target generation for Cu (central African copperbelt), nickel, Fe-ore and diamonds. Barry holds a PhD in exploration geochemistry from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London

EurGeol Graham Parkin, BSc (Hons), PGeo

EurGeol Graham Parkin, BSc (Hons), PGeo

Principal Geologist

Principal Geologist with extensive experience generating and managing base, battery, and precious metals projects from grassroots exploration through to infill and resource definition drilling. More than 15 years’ operational experience with both junior explorers and major mining companies across a range of jurisdictions including Ethiopia, Angola, Congo Brazzaville, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Tanzania, Greenland, Sweden, Sudan, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Scotland. Graham has a strong track record of project management at all scales across multiple commodities with a firm focus on delivering safe, successful operations.

EurGeol Sandy Archibald, MSc, PhD, PGeo

EurGeol Sandy Archibald, MSc, PhD, PGeo

Technical Director

Competent and Qualified Person according to NI 43-101, JORC and AIM with over 20-years industry experience in project generation and field program planning and management. Particular expertise in exploration for basin-scale base-metal systems, gold, uranium, diamonds and nickel. Heavily involved in target generation and prioritisation from project- to province-scale with both major and junior companies in a wide range of jurisdictions including Mali, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Tanzania and Morocco. Sandy holds an MSc in Mineral Deposit Studies from Newfoundland University and a PhD in Economic Geology from McGill University, Canada.

EurGeol Karel Maly, DSc, PGeo

EurGeol Karel Maly, DSc, PGeo

Exploration Manager

Extensive experience in mineral exploration projects ranging from pure grassroots to prefeasibility studies, dominantly in remote and challenging areas across Africa. Managed and led numerous extensive field campaigns in challenging geological environments ranging from the Arctic to tropical jungle and desert climates. Particular expertise in program design and exploration for gold & LCT-pegmatites. Karel has a long track record of successful target generation for gold, base-metals, iron ore, REE carbonatites, lithium pegmatites, diamonds, uranium & industrial minerals, and holds a PhD in Economic Geology from Charles University, Prague.

Wilson Robb, BSc (Hons)

Wilson Robb, BSc (Hons)

Executive Director

Experienced Exploration Geologist with a solid managerial and entrepreneurial background. 30-years of technical and managerial experience within the mineral exploration industry and a proven track record of developing intuitive exploration programs and successful identification of new gold and base-metal mineralization. Key expertise is in exploration for gold mineralization, base-metal systems, and battery metals. Wilson’s exploration management experience includes: New Boliden (base metals, Ireland), Teck Resources (base metals, Ireland), First Quantum Minerals (copper, Ireland), LRH (nickel-cobalt-copper, Spain; lithium, Ireland), Aracari Resources (gold, Cameroon).

EurGeol Vaughan Williams, MSc, PGeo

EurGeol Vaughan Williams, MSc, PGeo

Executive Director

Competent and qualified person according to NI 43-101, JORC & AIM, with over 30-years experience in field exploration management as well as geological and mineral resource modelling on advanced drilling projects. Particular expertise in exploration of gold mineralization and base-metal systems. Vaughan’s exploration management experience includes Dalradian Gold (Curraghinalt, Northern Ireland), Kambal (gold, Sudan), Teck Resources (base metals, Ireland), First Quantum Minerals (copper, Ireland), LRH (nickel-cobalt-copper, Spain). Vaughan holds an MSc in Mining and Exploration Geology from Camborne School of Mines.