Laurent Millo

Background

About Laurent Millo

Senior exploration geologist with 20+ years of experience in gold exploration, for junior to major mining companies, in a range of geographic and cultural environments. • 3 years with ACACIA in Burkina Faso and Mali (Project Manager and then Exploration Manager - grass-roots to advanced gold exploration) • 5 years with LIHIR GOLD / NEWCREST in Côte d'Ivoire (Technical Group Leader and then Project Manager - grass-roots to advanced gold exploration) • 1 year and half with MEDORO in Venezuela (Project Manager - advanced gold exploration) • 1 year with MDN in Tanzania (Project Manager - reconnaissance gold exploration) • 3 years and half with HECLA in Venezuela (Project Geologist - advanced gold exploration) • 7 years and half with GOLDEN STAR in French Guiana (Project Geologist - grass-roots to advanced gold exploration) • 1 year with local small scale alluvial miner in French Guiana (Geologist - alluvial gold mining) • 1 year and half with IRD in Burkina Faso (Geologist - scientific research on lateritic profiles) • Senior exploration geologist experienced in managing multi-million dollars budget gold exploration programs, from grass-roots to advances stages • Extensive experience in drill campaign management • Comprehensive experience in regional to local scale gold exploration targeting • Strong experience in relationships with governmental mining administrations • Extensive experience in local staff supervision and teaching • Extensive experience in lateritic environment • Skills in using GIS, geology and mining software • Flexibility to cope with various environments and familiar with other cultural environments • Fluent in French (mother tongue), English and Spanish • Registered member #1724 of the European Federation of Geologists recognized as “Qualified Person” for Canadian, Australian and most stock exchanges