Tim Oliver & Howard Baker: Chapter 4

Ali Datoo
Geoblocks
Published in
2 min readJul 26, 2019

Howard Baker

Head of Exploration & Senior Project Advisor

Howard Baker has over 25+ year’s industry experience in Exploration, Mine and Resource Geology. He has also consulted for 8 years with SRK:

  • Independent Iron Ore
  • Gold
  • Mineral Sands
  • Tin
  • Nickel
  • Copper focus reporting

Howard has a BSc Honours in Applied Geology, MSc in Mineral Resource Evaluation. Howard is also a member of the Royal Geographical Society and Chartered Professional Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Tim Oliver

Head of Mining Development & Engineering And Environmental Management

Tim Oliver is a noted specialist in mine project development engineering and environmental management with over 40 years’ experience in the international mining industry including extensive experience in the Yukon.

Tim started his career in 1977 with Newmont Mining Corp.’s Magma Copper Co affiliate as the company’s first ever environmental engineer. Over the next 17 years, he rose through the engineering and managerial ranks at operating locations for Magma, Exxon, Monsanto Chemical Corp., and Phelps Dodge Mining Corp. From 1992 to 2003.

Tim has also managed NI 43–101 studies for numerous projects in the Yukon, Mexico and the United States. He has been an independent consultant since 2013, managing projects in Brazil, Canada, Peru, Serbia and the U.S.A. He also contributes to mining investment newsletters, has been interviewed several times on Canada’s Business News Network and is a valued speaker at mining forums.

TO holds a BS in Environmental Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

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Our next series of articles will look at the GeoStandards frameworks, and the current issues with sustainability and greenwashing.

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Ali Datoo
Geoblocks

Writer with a focus on digital security projects enabling decentralisation.