Dr. Moira Smith

Moira Smith received her PhD in Geology from the University of Arizona in 1990 and is a P.Geo. (British Columbia). She has held board or executive positions with numerous industry associations and is past-president of the Society of Economic Geologists and a recent winner of the Colin Spence award from the Association for Mineral Exploration of B.C. Dr. Smith is also a director of Discovery Metals Corp.

Dr. Smith is the VP of Exploration and Geoscience for Liberty Gold Corp, with development properties in Idaho, Utah, and Turkey.

Formerly Chief Geologist, Nevada for Fronteer Gold, Dr. Smith 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 geological 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.