Ian Graham
Independent Director
geology
Cache Exploration
Canada
Biography
Ian is a career mining professional with over 20 years of experience in the development and exploration of mineral deposits, gained with Rio Tinto and Anglo American. Formerly Chief Geologist with the Project Generation Group at Rio Tinto, Ian has been involved with evaluation and pre-development work on several mining projects in Canada and abroad including the Diavik Diamond Mine (Northwest Territories, Canada), Resolution Copper (Arizona, USA), Eagle Nickel (Michigan, USA), Lakeview Nickel (Minnesota, USA) and Bunder Diamonds (India). Prior to his work with Rio Tinto, Ian held exploration and innovation geology roles with Anglo American. Since 2009 Ian has worked to build junior sector explorers: he took Discovery Harbour Resource Corp. (TSX:v DHR) public on a new VMS-district discovery (Wabassi) and listed Montan Mining Corp. (TSX:v-MNY) in 2015. Ian graduated from the University of Natal (now Kwa-Zulu Natal) in Durban, South Africa with a B.Sc. in Geology and Applied Geology (1984) and B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology (1985), and is the former Chair of the Mineral deposit Research Unit (MDRU), and UBC-based joint venture between academia and global mining companies.
Research Interest
Geology & Earth Science
