Formerly Chief Geologist (PGG) with Rio Tinto, Ian has been involved with evaluation and pre-development work on Diavik Diamond Mine (Northwest Territories, Canada), Resolution Copper (Arizona USA), Eagle Nickel (Michigan, USA), Lakeview Nickel Minnesota, USA) and Bunder Diamonds (India). Ian is a director at Commerce Resources, a public mineral exploration and development company, and is the former chair of UBC's Mineral Deposit Research Unit.