Dr. Setterfield has 44 years of international exploration experience and is considered an expert in IOCG, epithermal Au and VMS deposit types. He holds a PhD from Cambridge University (England) and has undertaken assignments in many countries. As a consultant for QGX Ltd., he was the company’s first representative to visit the Golden Hills (Bayan Airag) area in western Mongolia and was integral to the decision to acquire the property, leading to a discovery of a gold-rich VMS deposit that is presently being mined. Additionally, Dr. Setterfield worked for Western Mining Corporation in Australia, Fiji and Canada. He co-founded Monster Copper Corporation and served as VP of Exploration and director from its incorporation in 2002 to its takeover by Mega Uranium Ltd. in 2007. Tom also co-founded TerraX Minerals Inc. (now Gold Terra Resource Corp.) and served as VP of Exploration and director from 2008 to 2016. He is the former VP Exploration of Avidian Gold and now serves as an advisor to that company
Dr. Setterfield has extensive experience in VMS deposits. His thesis was on the Maybrun VMS deposit in northwestern Ontario, and his MSc studies covered deposit-related synvolcanic faulting in the Noranda VMS camp. He has also been involved in VMS projects in the Chibougamau and Timmins camps in the Abitibi Belt, as well as in Sweden, Brazil, Mongolia, British Columbia and the Yilgarn province of Australia.
