Robert Schafer

Affiliation

Trillium Gold Mines Inc.

Biography

Robert W. Schafer is a Registered Professional Geologist with+30 years international experience exploring for mineral deposits and structuring business transactions globally having worked in more than 80 countries, notably Russia, Australia, Afghanistan, China, India, and most countries in Africa and South America. As a field geologist, manager and executive, Mr. Schafer led teams to the grassroots discovery of mines in the western USA and Russia, as well as developing strategies that lead to brownfields discoveries in western Canada and southern Africa. Robert is an active member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), its President 2020-2021. He is also Past-President the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Geological Society of Nevada, and the PDAC. Bob was a member of the Board of Governors for the US National Mining Hall of Fame and the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. He is the first person to hold such leadership roles in both the USA and Canada. Bob is the recipient of the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal from AIME, as well as the prestigious Daniel C. Jackling Award and Robert A. Dreyer Award from SME for technical achievements and leadership in the mining industry during his career. He is a Fellow of SME, CIM and SEG. Bob earned his BSc and MSc degrees in Geology and in Mineral Economics. In addition, he completed the Executive Management program at Stanford University. Bob is also a Certified Corporate Director (ICD.D) and a Registered Professional Geologist in the States of Wyoming and Utah. He is founder and CEO of Eagle Mines Management and is member of the Board of Directors of select mining companies.