RJK EXPLORATIONS - Key Persons
Mr. Kasner is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines (1976) and has been involved in the mineral exploration industry since the age of 16, forming Glenn C. Kasner Exploration Services Ltd., in 1983 to provide contract mineral exploration services for clients. Mr. Kasner became President and CEO of RJK Explorations Ltd in 1998.
Jim started his geology/mining career by graduating from the Haileybury School of Mines. He then went to work in exploration for Texas Gulf Sulphur in the Timmins area for several years, and married to Nancy Thoday from Haileybury. Jim then went to the South Dakota School of Mines where he earned degrees in Geological Engineering and a Masters in Mining Engineering. Jim's wife Nancy also got her Masters degree in Mining Engineering; the first female ever in the history of the school.
Jim worked for a year on the iron range in Minnesota before being hired by Ingersoll Rand and sent to Arizona. After a few years with Ingersoll Rand, Jim decided to start his own business which grew to several successful companies focused on the mining business. After 28 years, Jim sold his company and retired in 2011.
Jim was first interested in RJK when his brother Rob (Now VP of Corporate Development) told him about RJK acquiring the Bishop properties south of Cobalt, on February 5, 2019. Both Rob and Jim remembered their Geology Professor, Dan Atchison, from the Haileybury School of Mines telling the mining school students that he hoped a graduate would be the one who found the source of the 800 Carat Nipissing Diamond. Jim decided to join his fellow Haileybury School of Mines graduates associated with RJK Explorations to discover the source of the 800 Carat Nipissing Diamond.
Martin Ethier is a consulting geologist (Hinterland Geoscience & Geomatics) and has worked since 2001 as a geologist/remote sensing/GIS specialist in the mining industry on a variety of exploration projects such as diamond-bearing kimberlites, silver-cobalt deposits, gold, Ni-Cu-PGE and in the industrial mineral industry including graphite, sand/gravel deposits and rock quarries.
Martin Ethier graduated from Mount Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick (1997). In addition, he completed an intensive Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown Nova Scotia (1998). He obtained a Master's of Science Degree in Geology from Acadia University in Wolfville Nova Scotia (2001).
Mr. Peter Hubacheck is a consulting geologist and President of W. A. Hubacheck Consultants Ltd. He has over 42 years of experience as a project geologist, exploration manager and Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, with experience in the exploration for gold, silver, base metals, uranium and diamonds in Canada and the USA.
His interest in diamonds began in 1989 to 1992 with the discovery of the Diamond lake #1 and #2 pipe while exploring for gold along the Kirkland-Larder Lake Break on behalf of Sudbury Contact Mines Ltd. In 1995, the Geological Survey of Canada collaborated with the company on a research effort called "the Diamond Lake Kimberlite Study." From 1993 to 1999, he formed an expert team of explorationists who conducted regional till, esker and RC drilling programs expanding the search area southward from the Kirkland Lake Kimberlite field into the Temiskaming Rift Valley. High resolution airborne magnetic/resistivity surveys along with radar were used to identify prospective kimberlite targets. A proprietary ranking system was employed for target selection and ground truthing resulting in the discovery of four kimberlite pipes in 1995 and 1996, most notably diamondiferous pipes 95-2 and 96-1.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors