Meet our
team of advisors

david groves

PhD

Peter McIntrye

P.Geo

Gary Lewis

CET

Nick Rodway

P.Geo

David Groves

PhD, Advisor on Regional Targeting

David Groves was educated at Hobart High School and University of Tasmania, completing a PhD on the giant Mt Bischoff tin deposit under the mentorship of Mike Solomon. After a period with the Geological Survey of Tasmania, David was appointed Lecturer in Economic Geology at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1972.

In 1987, he was awarded a Personal Chair at UWA and formed the Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits, which morphed into the Centre for Global Metallogeny. He had a very successful academic career in terms of approximately 500 highly-cited published papers and book chapters, many keynote and invited lectures, and mentorship of many outstanding postgraduates, He has been President of GSA, SEG and SGA during his career and represented Australia on UNESCO committees.

Peter McIntrye

P.Geo

Mr. McIntyre is a professional geologist with over 18 years exploration experience in Gold, VMS, and Ni-Cu-PGE deposits.  He is currently Exploits GoldSpot representative.  Previous to Goldspot, Mr. McIntyre was VP Exploration for New Found Gold Corp., and Project Geologist with Transition Metals Corp., Peter has designed and executed exploration and drill programs across Canada.  Mr. McIntyre specializes in 3D modeling, Resource and Reserves, QAQC, GIS, Compilation, and database management.  He was part of the award-winning team for the NWOPA’s Bernie Schneider Discovery of The Year Award 2014, for the discovery of the Sunday Lake PGE deposit, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Gary Lewis

CET

Gary has over 35 years of experience in exploration and project development in Newfoundland and is a driving force of exploration in the Exploits subzone in 2000, he introduced Rubicon Minerals to the mineral potential of the area resulting in Numerous Gold discoveries.

In 2004 directed VVC Exploration efforts in the Zone and the acquisition of the Dormant Beaver Brook Antimony Mine resulting in reactivation. In 2008 discovered a World Class Critical Rare Earth Metals District in Labrador as the founding Member of Search Minerals/Altera Resources.

In 2012 Gary was awarded the Prospect of the Year award and Search Minerals was awarded the Developer of the Year award from the CIM Newfoundland branch for this discovery. In 2016/2017, Gary introduced the founding members of Newfound Gold to the mineral potential of the Appleton linear, Jonathan’s Pond linear and the structural significance of the geology sandwiched between the GRUB line and the Dog Bay line. He was the first to note the structural significance of the Gander Lake sigmoidal structure and the relating stacked sigmodal structures in the area.

Nick Rodway

P.Geo

Mr. Rodway is a registered Professional Geologist, and has spent more then a decade working with Canadian exploration and mining companies. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and completed a Masters Degree in Business Resource Leadership at Queens University.

Nick has played a strategic role as a Director with Core Assets Corp., Saville Resources Inc. and Kings Bay Resources Corp. assisting with project targeting and mineral exploration planning. Mr. Rodway also sits on the board of several other private exploration and technology companies, assisting with project generation and strategic management.

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