Peter Megaw IMDEX/Cascabel

Dr. Peter K.M. Megaw has 34 years involvement in Mexican geology and has become well-known in the Mexican Mining industry and is a frequent speaker at international academic and technical symposia. His Ph.D. work at the University of Arizona was an exploration-focused geological/ geochemical study of the Santa Eulalia Ag-Pb-Zn District, Chihuahua and Carbonate Replacement Deposits (CRDs) in general. He has published extensively on CRDs and his primary exploration foci are CRDs, Epithermal Vein Deposits and Porphyry Copper Deposits. He and his team are credited with the significant discoveries at Juanicipio-Fresnillo, Zacatecas; Platosa, Durango; and Cinco de Mayo-Pozo Seco, Chihuahua.  He and his associates also put together the Mexican property portfolio now held by Revolution Resources Corp. and arranged the acquisition of X-Strata’s Latin American holdings by Linear Gold.  Peter has served on the Board of MAG Silver since 2005, Candente Gold since 2009 and Minaurum Gold since 2010.  He has published extensively on the mineralogy of Mexico and the application of mineralogical interpretation to exploration. Peter was awarded the Carnegie Mineralogical Medal for 2009 and has been announced as the recipient for 2011 of the Society of Mining Engineers “Robert M. Dreyer” Award for excellence in Applied Economic Geology.