The Ronacher McKenzie Geoscience Team

Jeffrey Enright, MSc, P.Geo.

Geologist, Project Manager

Jeffrey has worked in mining and mineral exploration since 2012. He is a professional geoscientist with experience in running drill programs, making detailed observations at the micro- to macro-scale, and integrating those observations with geophysical inversions to develop interpretations and geological wireframes in a 3D environment. His experience spans from early-stage exploration on Ni-Cu-PGE, gold and uranium projects, to later stage resource definition involving the development of block models and technical reports.  

His interests in mineral deposits reside equally in the geosciences and in the economic factors that determine whether a mineral asset can be developed into an ore deposit. As such, he has applied his financial background in the mining development and production sectors and is experienced in developing and maintaining cost forecasts, budgets and detailed mine schedules.

Jeffrey has completed undergraduate degrees in commerce from the University of Guelph and geology from Laurentian University, received an MSc from the Harquail School of Earth Sciences in 2017, and is a member of the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PGO).

Darcy McGill, P.Geo. (Limited)

Senior Geophysicist

Darcy has over 25 years experience in acquisition, processing, inversion, and interpretation of a wide range of airborne and ground geophysical techniques. He has worked on 6 continents on green- and brownfields projects exploring for diamonds, base and precious metals, and petroleum, as well as water resource monitoring and hazard mapping.

Darcy is a member of Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO), the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and is a past executive member of the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society (KEGS) from 2017 to 2020.

R.W. Avery

Manager, Field Geology

R.W.(Ron) Avery has acquired three decades of field experience working on a wide variety of uranium, gold and diamond exploration projects ranging from grassroots investigations through to corehole drilling of advanced prospects to deposit status. He is accredited with the discovery and delineation of three gold deposits in the La Ronge Gold Belt in Saskatchewan (Roy Lloyd Mine, EP Deposit, Birch Crossing Deposit) and has evaluated gold prospects and deposits elsewhere throughout Canada, the United States, and south Asia (Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia). He is also one of the team members responsible for the discovery and initial delineation of the Fort à la Corne kimberlite cluster in Saskatchewan in 1989.

Mr. Avery’s areas of specialization include: the planning, execution and interpretation of various geochemical surveys (till, soil, MMI, soil gas hydrocarbon); the vectoring of multi- element geochemical data in the definition of hydrothermal alteration towards economic mineralization; the completion of bedrock and trench mapping programs and the interpretation of structural data; and the planning and execution of reverse circulation and corehole drilling of greenfields prospects through to final resource definition.

Trevor Boyd, PhD, P.Geo.

Senior Geologist

Trevor Boyd brings more than 30 years of experience in exploration for a variety of commodities to Ronacher McKenzie Geoscience. Having received a PhD in geology from the University of Toronto in 1996 and an MSc (Applied) MINEX degree from McGill University in 1988, Dr. Boyd has worked in North America, Asia and Europe. Dr. Boyd is experienced in completing property assessment and due diligence studies, running drilling programs and writing technical reports compliant with the NI 43-101. His experience includes base and precious metals, uranium, nickel-copper-PGE and specialty metals projects.

Dr. Boyd is a member of Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO) and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG).

Tony French, MSc

Senior Geologist

Tony is an experienced exploration geologist and project manager who offers over 30 years of diverse domestic and international mineral exploration experience in commodities such as diamonds, uranium, coal and lithium.

Tony’s specialization includes the planning and execution of reverse circulation (RC) and core drilling programs, Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) programs, both ground and airborne geophysical surveying, the completion of many types of geological sampling programs (till, soil, stream, rock, geochemical, bulk sampling) as well as infrastructure development and the management of remote field camps in many parts of the world.  He has worked on projects from greenfield prospecting through to final resource definition.

Tony has acquired experience across a wide spectrum of project management functions including exploration program management, technical/geological oversight, project and regulatory reporting, budgeting, accounting, contract negotiation, contractor supervision, and program logistics.

An extensive history of executing multi-disciplinary, multi-million dollar exploration programs for mineral resource discovery and evaluation with major mining companies such as De Beers, Cameco and Dominion Diamonds testifies to his expertise, competence and resourcefulness in the industry.

Tony graduated with a MSc in Geology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

Elizabeth Zbinden, PhD

Senior Geologist

Elizabeth is a geologist and geochemist enthusiastic about ore deposits, mineral exploration, deposit development, and mining operations.   After earning a PhD from Stanford University School of Earth Sciences in 1995, she has been based out of northern Nevada.  She has worked on deposits not only in Nevada and surrounding Basin and Range states, but also Ontario, Alaska, Mongolia, and Laos.  She has extensive experience in Nevada’s two signature gold deposit types – Carlin-style and young volcanic epithermal – as well as porphyry and related copper deposit types, and a variety of other commodities and deposit types.  She enjoys field work, managing and supervising drilling, and developing the geologic story that emerges from drilling results.

Elizabeth is a past president of the Geological Society of Nevada (GSN), current Vice President and chair of the Public Lands committee for the Nevada Mineral Exploration Coalition and active with the Women’s Mining Coalition.  She is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), Mining and Metallurgical Society of America (MMSA), and several other professional societies. 

Luc Harnois, PhD, P.Geo. (Quebec)

Senior Geologist

Luc has more than 20 years of experience in exploration in North America, Africa and Asia. He has executed and managed a variety of exploration programs including drilling (diamond, reverse circulation and rotary air blast), soil sampling and mapping. He has experience in geochemical exploration in deeply weathered terrains, is used to working in remote areas and has mentored many junior geologists. Luc has managed large teams and mentored many junior geologists. Luc received a PhD from Carleton University in 1987. He is fluent in French and English.

Rochelle Collins, EMBA, P.Geo.

Senior Geologist

Rochelle is a consummate mining professional and leader with a well-rounded suite of geology skills topped by her graduation from the Smith School of Business, Queen's University with and Executive Master of Business Administration. 

The thread of her career has been in a senior geology capacity working at various exploration and operational open pit and underground mining sites across Ontario and Newfoundland. Her contributions to advancing the geology mandate have been extraordinary from establishing site operations with full logistics to uncovering new resources.

She conquers challenges, dedicated to building collaboration, excitement and engagement across the team to jointly raise the projects value for all stakeholders.

Linda Chung

Senior Geophysics Data Analyst

Linda Chung is a Senior Data Analyst with Ronacher McKenzie Geoscience. Graduating in 1996 from the University of Toronto Physics Specialist program, Linda went on to work in airborne geophysical interpretation at Dighem (now CGG) and later in kimberlite exploration with De Beers Canada Inc. Linda has worked on data from Africa, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Greenland and the United States of America and has experience in the processing, interpretation, modelling and inversion of ground and airborne magnetic, EM and gravity data. Linda is also proficient in MS Access database design and programming with VBA.

Tania Poehlman, MSc

Lands Manager

Tania is a lands manager dedicated to maximizing exploration dollars and mitigating risk through effective lands management. She has extensive experience managing land assets in multi-jurisdictional frameworks across the world. Tania received an M.Sc. in Fluvial Geomorphology from the University of Guelph in 1996. Since then, her consulting portfolio has included geoscience work in exploration as well as IT management. With strong organizational and communication skills, her focus organically evolved into lands and data management. In addition to supporting and optimizing clients' land assets, Tania actively contributes to a number of governing advisory committees in the mining and exploration sector.

Jason Adam

GIS Specialist

Jason Adam has more than 20 years of experience in mineral resource GIS analysis. Jason specializes in geographic data acquisition, creation, analysis and storage. His 2D analyses help the Ronacher McKenzie Geoscience geologist and geophysicists with their data analysis and interpretation. Jason also provides custom-tailored maps and figures for our clients.