Don Bubar

Biography

Don Bubar is a geologist with 40 years of experience in mineral exploration and development in Canada. He first studied geology in high school in Truro, NS, where he was inspired to pursue post-secondary education in geological sciences first at McGill University (B.Sc., 1977) and later at Queen’s University (M.Sc., 1981). After graduation, he started his career in exploration with Texasgulf Inc. (later Kidd Creek Mines). From 1984 to 1994, he worked for Aur Resources Inc. as Exploration Manager and later VP, Exploration where he led the exploration team that discovered the Louvicourt Copper-Zinc deposit in Val d’Or, Quebec in 1989. Since 1995, Mr. Bubar has been President and CEO of Avalon Advanced Materials Inc., a mineral development company with a primary focus on the rare metals and minerals, including lithium, tin, indium and the rare earths. Mr. Bubar served as a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for nine years and Chair of its Aboriginal Affairs Committee from its creation in December, 2004 until retiring from the PDAC Board in March, 2013. Throughout his career, Mr. Bubar has been an advocate for increased Aboriginal participation in the mineral industry, first through the PDAC and later through the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. His philanthropic interests are primarily in education where, in addition to actively supporting geoscience education through PDAC’s Mining Matters programs and other similar programs, he personally endowed three separate scholarships supporting at least six students annually at McGill University and Dalhousie University. He also serves on the Advisory Board to the Faculty of Science of McGill University.

Research Interest

Geology and Earth Science