JOSEPH R. WOJCIK
Branch Manager
Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited
Mr. Wojcik has been actively engaged in the mineral industry for over 35 years, including 25 years of experience in evaluation, development and operation relating to alluvial deposits and engineering and management of industrial dredging projects.
His experience spans a broad range of minerals won from alluvial deposits in many areas throughout the world. Mr. Wojcik is recognized worldwide as knowledgeable regarding the occurrence, evaluating, and recovery of products from alluvial deposits especially with dredging technology.
EDUCATION
Bs.Sc.(Geology) The Ohio State University(1956)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bs.Sc.(Geology) The Ohio State University(1956)
Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited (since 1989)
As manager of WGM's office in Denver, Colorado, Mr. Wojcik is responsible for business development and supervision and coordination of technical activities in projects. He also has served as Senior Geologist providing valuations and evaluations of gold and base metal mines and exploration projects in Africa, South and Central America
and the Far East. He continues to serve as principal investigator on projects involving alluvials or dredging technology.
Independent Consultant (1976-1989)
Working for Watts, Griffis and McoOuat Limited, Mr. Wojcik directed the exploration drilling and geological investigation of Ft. Dauphin, Madagascar ilmenite sand deposits. He has provided technical assistance for assessments of other properties utilizin dredging as a mining method and he has functioned as team leader on several
assessments of both lode and placer gold deposit projects.
As President and founder of Placer and Dredging Technology, Inc.,
provided supervision and technical assistance to placer gold exploration projects in numerous locations in North, South and central America and New Zealand. Mr. Wojcik introduced Inspiration
Mines, Inc., to the gold deposit offshore of Nome, Alaska and assisted them in their activities including permitting, sampling and mine design which led to production in the period 1987 to 1990 of 120,000 ounces of gold. He has designed and conducted dredging operations for magnetite, trona, fly ash and volcanic ash.
Asarco, Inc. (1962-1976)
Placer Engineer (1968-1976) responsible for the administration and
activities on the Alaska Offshore Mining Lease at Nome. Conducted and supervised exploration and development of alluvial deposits of gold, platinum. tin and ilmenite.
Senior Staff Geologist (1972-1976) Generated and supervised exploration projects,primarily for gold in the Basin and Range province of the USA. Designed the drilling program at the Escalante silver mine that discovered the offset portion of the vein.
Resident Geologist, Alaska (1971-1972) Administered the Anchorage office to initiate and support geological exploration activities in Alaska. Set up and supervised helicopter-supported field crews and drilling programs.
Drilling Engineer (1962-1971) Designed and supervised or provided
technical support to drilling projects throughout the western hemisphere. Project Manager at the discovery of the Casa Grande West "ore" body in Arizona. Successfully cored the bottom of the deepest "ultra slim" hole in Arizona in 1964. Designed and cooperated on
initiation of the Michigillay drilling program in the northern Peru to delineate the +100 million ton copper deposit. Imported diamond core drills to Honduras and trained local operators at the
Minas de Oro copper prospect. Set up and supervised the drilling of the Vesubio vein at Bonanza, Nicaragua. Designed the drilling technique and supervised the program to sample the Waterloo silver deposit near Barstow, California.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Certified Professional Geologist #7776
Society of Mining Engineers, AIME (1962)
Society of Economic Geologists (1971)
Denver Mining Club
Denver Regional Exploration Geologists Society
Computer Oriented Geologists Society
Colorado Mining Association.
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