Chief Geologist, Nickel
Peter has spent 20 years as a geologist with Inco and Vale. He’s served as Chief Geologist with Vale Base Metals; Vale is one of the four largest mining companies in the world, where he led exploration teams and oversaw geologic evaluation in Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, Finland, China, India, Australia, Brazil, Angola, South Africa, and the U.S. Peter was a member of a team that made major discoveries in every one of the cobalt-producing Ni-Cu sulfide deposits in Canada.
Peter received his M.Sc. from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. from the Open University (U.K.) He completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto and undertook extensive research on the geology and geochemistry of the Noril’sk ore deposits during his tenure as an Adjunct Professor.