Stephanie Sykora

Dr. Stephanie Sykora is seasoned exploration geologist with over a decade of global experience working with both major and junior, and public and private, companies. She has a PhD degree in Geology from the University of Tasmania, Australia, and a BSc (with distinctions) degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Victoria, Canada. Her thesis was on the giant Lihir (Ladolam) alkalic epithermal gold deposit in Papua New Guinea, under supervision of Professor David Cooke and Dr. David Selley. She currently works as an independent consultant with various companies in Canada, USA, Mexico and worldwide. She has held positions at First Quantum Minerals in South America, Australia, and Global for generative porphyry copper exploration, and at Teck Resources in Canada for porphyry exploration in BC and at Highland Valley Copper. Her expertise includes field mapping, technical evaluations, project generation, as well as structural geology and alteration in porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum and polymetallic precious and base metal epithermal systems. Dr. Sykora has published several articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals as well as various scientific communications for earth sciences.