Advisory Board

Dr. Jeremy P. Richards, P. Geol. is Professor in Geology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada specializing in Mineral Deposits. He received his BA in geology from Cambridge University, UK (1983), an Msc. from the University of Toronto, Canada (1986), and a PhD. from the Australian National University (1990). After holding a post-doctorate fellowship at the University of Saskatchewan from 1990 to 1992, he was appointed lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK, before leaving to join the University of Alberta in 1997. His research interests and activities have focused on the genesis of hydrothermal mineral deposits, but with a broad perspective covering aspects as diverse as regional tectonic and magmatic controls on mineralization, volcanology, and detailed ore depositional mechanisms. He has investigated the formation of various types of ore deposits, including sediment-hosted, vein-type, and porphyry-type copper, and mesothermal and epithermal gold mineralization. His current research involves the study of regional controls on porphyry copper and polymetallic epithermal mineralization in northern Chile, Argentina, Iran, and Turkey. Jeremy has also consulted to several mining companies on overseas properties. He is a Councillor, Society of Economic Geologists(SEG) (2003–2006), Member of the SEG Lindgren Award Committee and Councillor, Geological Association of Canada 2002-2005. He is on the editorial boards for several refereed journals in mineral deposit geology. Jeremy will provide Telkwa with advice on its gold and copper exploration.