About Me
Mr. Cater is a professional geologist with more than 35 years of experience in exploration and mining of precious metals including project management of exploration programs and mining projects.
From January 2016 to January 2019, Mr. Cater served as Vice President Exploration (Canada) for Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd., a large Canadian public gold mining company with operating mines and exploration projects located in northeastern Ontario and Australia. He provided geological due diligence on the acquisition of Newmarket Gold which owned the Fosterville Mine. This acquisition resulted in Kirkland Lake Gold building the Fosterville mine into one of the highest-grade, lowest cost and profitable producing gold mines in the world. In 2019, D. F Cater Consulting Geologist Ltd was incorporated as a consulting company which conducts property evaluations, technical reports and project management services to mining and mineral exploration companies.
Mr. Cater is a Director of Sierra Metals Inc., Gowest Gold Ltd., and Mayfair Gold Corp. He is also a graduate of the ICD- Rotman Directors Education Program.
