Mitchell and Oczlon - The Dynamic Duo!Leave it to these guys to find us a mine!
Martin S. Oczlon, PhD
Position: Director and Chief Geologist
Dr. Oczlon has more than 14 years of mineral exploration experience. He has worked extensively in the regions of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia . Subsequent to his PhD at Heidelberg University, Germany , he began consulting for BHP Minerals in 1992 and joined BHP in 1994 as project geologist in base and precious metal exploration. He led the team that explored porphyry copper projects in Pakistan , projecting and successfully drilling a number of holes leading to the discovery of the large Reko Diq group of Cu and Cu-Au porphyries. Deposit names still bear the numbering of his drill holes, like the H4 Zone, which is currently in the process of becoming a copper mine. Following BHP's corporate restructuring in 1999 Martin founded, together with a group of German investors, the private exploration company Danube Minerals Ltd., acquiring from BHP a very large license perimeter in Romania (>2500 km2). This project was successfully operated and sold in early 2002 during the industry market depression period, with a net 200 % profit on the investment. Dr. Oczlon then focused his interests to Turkey, where he successfully acquired gold exploration projects vending them into the TSX-V listed Canadian company Aldridge Minerals Inc., translating into further significant ROI for investors. Throughout Dr. Oczlon's tenure as a professional his incorporation of pro-active safety management gives him a 100% safety track record. The completion of the " Terrane Map of Europe", compiling his work over the past 15 years, will be published in 2005. In addition to Martin's native German, he has fluent to colloquial language levels in English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, and Bulgarian.
Marvin Mitchell
Position: Director
Mr. Mitchell received a degree in geology from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in 1968 (formerly Montana School of Mines). He has over 38 years experience in the mineral exploration industry including eight years as exploration manager for the minerals division of Ranger Oil Ltd. and is a registered professional engineer in the province of British Columbia.