Dave Billard, P.Geo.
Consulting Geologist, Qualified Person

Dave Billard is a geologist with over 35 years of exploration and development experience, searching for uranium, gold and base metals in western Canada and the western US.. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan (1984) and Professional Geoscientist registered in Saskatchewan. He was Chief Operating Officer, Vice President Exploration and Director for JNR Resources Inc, prior to their acquisition by Denison Mines in 2013. Dave was instrumental in the discovery of JNR’s Maverick and Fraser Lakes B zones and, earlier in his career, participated in the discovery and development of several significant gold deposits in northern Saskatchewan. Before joining JNR Dave was a geological consultant specializing in uranium exploration in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan and prior to that, was employed by Cameco Corporation for over 12 years. Mr. Billard is currently a geological consultant based in Saskatoon and is a Director of Troymet Exploration Corp.

Christine McKechnie, M.Sc.
Senior Project Geologist

Christine McKechnie is a geologist specializing in uranium deposits, in particular basement-hosted unconformity-related deposits in the Athabasca Basin and surrounding area.  Since starting her career, she has worked for several companies (Claude Resources Inc., JNR Resources Inc., CanAlaska Uranium Ltd., and Cameco Corp.) carrying out gold and uranium exploration and working underground at the Eagle Point Mine; in addition to a summer mapping with the Saskatchewan Geological Survey.  She completed her B.Sc. (High Honors) in 2008 from the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), and in early 2013, she completed a M.Sc. thesis at the U of S on the geology and origin of the Fraser Lakes Zone B pegmatite-/leucogranite-hosted U-Th-REE deposit in northern Saskatchewan.  As part of her thesis, she co-authored four peer-reviewed journal papers on the Fraser Lakes Zone B deposit and other basement-hosted uranium prospects in northern Saskatchewan.  Her paper (co-authored with Dr. Irvine Annesley and Dr. Kevin Ansdell) entitled “Geological Setting, Petrology, and Geochemistry of Granitic Pegmatites and Leucogranites Hosting U-Th-REE Mineralization at Fraser Lakes Zone B, Wollaston Domain, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada” received the 2015 CIM Barlow Medal for Best Geological Paper.

Sean Cross, B.A., B.Sc. Hon
Project Geologist

Sean Cross is a geologist primarily focused on uranium exploration, but with additional experience in VMS and orogenic gold deposits. Born and raised in Saskatoon, Sean initially obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology (2014) at the University of Saskatchewan, before completing his Bachelor of Science in Geology (2019), with an undergraduate thesis focusing on NexGen Energy’s Arrow Deposit.

Since completing his degree, Sean has worked on several flagship projects such as Foran’s McIlvenna Bay Deposit and NexGen Energy’s Arrow Deposit. His experience also includes: greenfields uranium exploration south of the Athabasca, Geological Mapping under the Saskatchewan Geological Survey, and environmental and archaeological mitigation in British Columbia and Alberta.

Dylan Drummond, B.Sc
Project Geologist

Dylan Drummond is a geologist experienced in uranium and rare earth elements (REE) exploration. He was born and raised in Kamloops, BC, where he attended Thompson Rivers University before transferring to the University of Saskatchewan where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in Geology in 2018. 

Since graduation, he has worked on multiple high-profile projects such as NexGen Energy's Flagship Arrow Deposit and Orano Canada's Cigar Lake Project. He also spent time with Appia Energy Corp in various roles from boots on the ground prospecting to assisting in the supervision of the drill program.