Travis D.

Experience

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  Northwest Missouri State University

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  Geology Department Tutor & Teaching Assistant

  • Geology Department Tutor and Structural TA.• Department Tutor for all Geology students and attendants. • Teaching Assistant for General Geology and Structural Geology labs.

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  Star Mine Operations LLC

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Mine & Exploration Geologist

  • Production and Exploration Geologist at the Revenue-Virginius Mine operated by Star Mine Operations. • Managed exploration and production operations within mine including surface and underground. • Ore control involving face sampling, rib sampling, mapping, modeling and routing ore.• Managed core drilling operations and logged over 12,000'.• Designed and completed sampling campaigns of historical dumps, tailings and stockpiles. • Geological lab technician including assaying and utilizing rock saws, jaw crusher, cone crusher, ring & puck pulverizer and XRF for analysis.• Created and implemented SOP's for all assay lab procedures for production and milling operations. Show less

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  Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc.

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2015

  Claim Staker

  • Contract Claim Staker for Gold Rush Expeditions.• Claim staked unpatented mining claims in mountain back country utilizing 4x4 vehicles, maps and GPS.• Photographed, mapped and document claims with brief geological report including geology, mineralogy, structures and noteworthy occurrences.

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  Fortune Minerals Limited

  Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  Mine & Exploration Geologist

  • Production and Exploration Geologist at the Revenue-Virginius Mine operated by Fortune Minerals.• Conducted all geological duties for production, exploration and milling operations.• Daily mapping, surveying and ore-control of all underground production headings.• Designed procedure and conducted assaying of production and milling samples with XRF analysis for rapid turn around time. • Designed, executed and managed Ore Grade Control Program for mill operations.• Conducted production, exploration, environmental and reconciliation reports daily, quarterly and yearly. • Designed and managed intensive exploration program including: core drilling, soil, dump and tailing sampling with field mapping and surveying.• Utilized Excel and Vulcan 3-D mining software for mapping, surveying, managing databases, block modeling and drill program design. • Created preliminary and historical reports of surrounding mines, dumps, mills, tailings, claims and properties for mining potential including description, geology, mineralogy, sampling, grade, tons, status and costs.• Assist and maintain permitting and compliance with environmental permitting. Show less

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  Western Stream Works LLC.

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Geo Technician

  • Geological Technician for the Ophir Mining District Reclamation Project. • Completed routine water sampling and measurements for temperature, flow rate, pH, and dissolved solids of acidic mine drainage. • Routinely maintained, cleaned and inspected water treatment systems. • Operated snowmobile, snowshoes and off-road vehicles to access work site along with snow removal in the winter. • Daily and weekly reporting.

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  Ouray Silver Mines

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  Contract Geologist

  • Contract Geologist at the Revenue-Virginius Mine operated by Ouray Silver Mines.• Exploration core drilling program solely logging forty plus core holes utilizing Excel and paper logs. Duties including: RQD, splitting, sampling, transport and storage. • Managed and assisted core drilling operations including: daily meetings, sighting targets, surveying, calling TD and moving stations.• Mapped, surveyed and sampled underground development headings for drill stations. • Historical research for potential prospects and data to assist prefeasibility study. Show less

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  Geotemps, Inc. / Geopros, Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

  Contract Geologist

  • Contract Geologist at the Kensington Mine operated by Coeur Mining. • Core logging and geo tech for exploration and definition core utilizing AcQuire.• Ore control including sampling, mapping, stopes, muck piles, data entry, geo controlling development and production headings. • Daily Geology reports.• Soil and whole rock sampling utilizing Bell Jet Ranger, Astar 350 B3 helicopters.

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  Rangefront Geological

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Staff Geologist

  • Contract Geologist at the Fire Creek Mine.• Logged 550'+/shift of core for exploration and definition drill programs along with photographing, sampling and operating skidsteer.

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  Klondex Mines Ltd.

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Staff Geologist

  • Staff Geologist at the Fire Creek Mine operated by Klondex Mines prior to acquisition by Hecla.

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  Hecla Nevada

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

  Staff Geologist

  • Staff Geologist at Fire Creek Mine. • Responsible for Ore Control functions of the mining cycle including face sampling, mapping, determine grade and directions for next round. • Rib sampling development and production heads along with detailed mapping of back and ribs to scale. • Painting up and route muckbays with muck haul. • Utilize Maptek Vulcan, AcQuire, Excel, Powerpoint and excellent note taking. • Work daily with managment and shifters to direct production headings. • Train and develop new hires on skills and safety required for underground mining. • Call TD and assist in core drill programs. • Direct involvement in the discovery and recovery of several multi hundred Au opt veins. • UV Fluorescence studies correlating Au/Ag grades and aid in guidance of production headings. Show less

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  Nevada Gold Mines

  Dec 2019 - Nov 2021

  Geologist II

  • Drilling Geologist at Cortez Hills Underground. • Growth, R&R and production drilling geologist experienced in both Core and RC. • Utilize Vulcan, Leapfrog, Deswik and AcQuire to perform duties. • Experienced with magnetic, gyro surveys and interpret ATV Data. • Manage multiple contractors with planning, forecasting and budgeting. • Logging, mapping, sampling, field visits, data management and presentations are routine functions.

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  First Majestic Silver Corp.

  Nov 2021 - now

  Senior Geologist

  Senior Exploration and Production Geologist for Jerritt Canyon. - Design, execute and manage Surface and Underground Core and RC for brownfield and greenfield exploration drilling and production drilling.- Manage contractors and several drilling teams. - Geological field work including mapping, rock and soil sampling. - Designed, built, implemented and managed Ore Control teams for the underground operations at Smith, SSX, Saval II and West Generator Mines.- Utilize AcQuire, Leapfrog, Deswik, SAP. Show less