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Jennifer Craig

Society of Economic Geologists

Jenn is the Executive Director of SEG. She has executive MBA and Ph.D. degrees in electrochemistry. She is an Irish/Canadian dual citizen who was the center manager and then chief operations officer of iCRAG, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre in Applied Geosciences, for eight years before coming to SEG. Jenn has managed large-scale alliances, built multisite research programs, and commercialized applied research. She was CEO of two Irish start-ups.

Stephen J. Piercey

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Steve obtained B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) and a Ph.D. from the Mineral Deposit Research Unit at the University of British Columbia (Canada). From 2001 to 2008 he was an assistant and associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and Mineral Exploration Research Centre at Laurentian University (where he is still an adjunct professor). From 2007 to 2009 he was a full-time consulting geologist and the principal of SJPGeoConsulting, and since 2009 he has been at Memorial University where he was previously the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)-Altius Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Deposits (2009–2016) and currently holds the rank of University Research Professor. His research, teaching, and consulting interests involve integrated field- and laboratory-based studies focused on the genesis of mineral deposits and the tectonic evolution of mountain belts, with emphasis on volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS), orogenic Au, and U deposits. In recent years his research on VMS deposits has focused on their larger-scale tectonic and magmatic settings, with an emphasis on their volcanic, sedimentary, and hydrothermal reconstruction; sources of metals, fluids, and sulfur; and their relationship to the evolution of the lithospheric, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. He is also interested in applied mineralogy, exploration lithogeochemistry, applications of portable geochemical and mineralogical instrumentation in geoscience research and industrial applications, the tectonostratigraphic evolution of mountain belts, knowledge transfer between university and industry settings, geoscience communication, and mentorship of students and early career professionals. He has previously served SEG on the Fellowship Admissions Committee (2005–2007, 2010), Graduate Student Fellowship Committee (2007–2014; Chair 2011–2014), Councilor (2009–2011, 2013), and Vice President for Student Affairs (2017–2020). He is also on the Editorial Board of Economic Geology (2008-present).

Moira Smith

SEG International Exchange Lecturer

Moira was, until recently, the V.P. of Exploration and Geoscience for Liberty Gold Corp, with development properties in Idaho, Utah, and Turkey. She is now a semiretired consultant to Liberty Gold, with a focus on the advancement of the Black Pine Carlin-type gold oxide deposit in southeastern Idaho and identifying the next big opportunity for Liberty Gold.

Formerly Chief Geologist, Nevada, for Fronteer Gold, Moira was instrumental in the successful advancement of Long Canyon, now an operating gold mine in Nevada. She developed an understanding of the geology and controls on mineralization at Long Canyon and built the geologic model for ongoing exploration and resource growth. Prior to Fronteer Gold, she managed exploration programs for Teck on several high-profile, advanced-stage gold and copper-gold projects (now operating mines) throughout the Americas, including the Pogo gold deposit in Alaska, the Cobre Panama Cu-Mo-Au porphyry deposit in Panama, and the El Limon gold deposit in Mexico.

She has a Ph.D. degree in geology from the University of Arizona (1990) and is a P.Geo. (British Columbia). She has held board or executive positions with numerous industry associations and is a Past President of the Society of Economic Geologists. She was a recipient of the Colin Spence award from the Association for Mineral Exploration of B.C. and is a director of Discovery Metals Corp.