EXPERIENCE
Since completing his Ph.D. in 1980, Bill Sheppard worked for RTZ in Ireland before moving to Australia where he worked for CRA Exploration and MIM Ltd. His global consulting commenced in 1993 with the CSA Group, becoming freelance in 2000. A choice of CVs is available to download from this website.
EXPERIENCE - GREENFIELDS EXPLORATION
- Gold and base metal exploration and drill testing in Ireland
- Gold exploration and drill testing in Bulgaria
- Base Metal exploration in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia, in Portugal and in Sweden
- Uranium exploration in Mauritania
- Zinc exploration in Western Greenland and Vietnam
- Project valuations undertaken in Greenland, Ireland and Germany
- Review for CP reporting of over 50 gold projects in Tanzania, Sweden and Greenland
- Gold tailings and alluvial opportunities reviewed in Ghana and Sierra Leone
- Gold target evaluation in Finland and Nigeria
DEPOSIT EXPERIENCE - VHMS
- Geology modelling and exploration at Munelle and Lak Roshi Mines; geological review of the Karma Deposit, Albania
- VP Exploration and geological modelling at Ascot deposit, India
- Project Management and detailed study at Lomero-Poyatos, Spain
- Deposit studies at La Zarza and Masa Valerde, Spain
- Review of the Salgada deposit, Portugal
- Mapping of the host rocks at Jebel Sayid, Saudi Arabia
- Ph.D and mine duties at the Avoca Mine, Ireland
- Site visits to 20 Other VHMS mines/deposits
DEPOSIT EXPERIENCE – Zn-Pb
- Mine geology at Mt.Isa and Hilton Mines in Queensland, Australia
- Host rock studies at the McArthur Mine, Australia
- Major advancement of the Dugald River Resource, Queensland Australia
- Deposit modelling at Gunga and Duddar deposits in Pakistan
- Exploration and deposit study in the Limerick area, Ireland
- Geological modelling of the mineralization at Moura, Portugal
- Site visits to 11 other Zn-Pb mines/deposits
DEPOSIT EXPERIENCE – Au
- Study of 5 gold deposits in the Passandro area, Central African Republic
- Detail deposit study and structural resolution of the Komahun deposit, Sierra Leone
- Evaluation drilling and detailed deposit study of the Rosino deposit, Bulgaria
- Review for CP reporting of deposits in Tanzania and Zimbabwe
- Vein target and mine step out drilling and geological compilation at the Maco Mine in the Philippines
- Site visits to 18 other gold mines/deposits
MINING EXPERIENCE
- Mine geologist Mt.Isa Cu, Mt.Isa Pb-Zn and Hilton Pb-Zn Mines, Australia
- Structural interpretation geological modelling and exploration planning at Munelle Cu Mine, Albania
- Chief Geologist Maco Mine (Au) in the Philippines
- Ph.D research and mine duties at the Avoca Mine (VHMS), Ireland
MDA EXPERIENCE
- Extensive MDA modelling of advanced gold deposits within the Bambari Greenstone Belt, Central African Republic classifying ore types and Resource correlations
- Two periods of MDA studies and an 80 drillhole programme by Universal rig at the Dugald River Zn-Pb deposit, Australia resulting in major Resource addition
- Detail drill core study and structural resolution of the Komahun deposit, Sierra Leone establishing the logging system, the structural control and verifying ore zone correlation
- MDA studies and a 25 drillhole programme by Universal rig at the Rosino epithermal gold project in Bulgaria
- MDA studies and a 47 drillhole programme at the Lomero-Poyatos VHMS deposit, Spain defining the target stratigraphy and target priorities
- MDA studies to develop targets at the Hilton Zn-Pb mine, Queensland and the McArthur River Zn-Pb mine, Northern Territories, Australia
- Sedimentologically focused studies at the Duddar Zn-Pb deposit in Pakistan
- Ph.D. research and exploration at the Avoca VHMS mine, Ireland