Dr. Kevin B. Heather
Dr. Kevin B. Heather is an economic geologist with 50 years of field experience in North and South America. Dr. Heather was a founding member of TSX-V company Antares Minerals and directed the exploration that led to the discovery of the high-grade Haquira East deposit in Southern Peru, which was sold to First Quantum Minerals in December 2010 for US$650 million. Dr. Heather is also a founding member of both Regulus Resources (TSX-V REG), which is advancing the AntaKori Cu-Au project in northern Peru, and Aldebaran Resources (TSX-V ALDE), which is advancing the Altar porphyry Cu-Au project in San Juan, Argentina.
His professional credentials include a BSc. (honors) degree in Geology from UBC in 1982, an MSc. degree in Geology from Queen’s University in 1985, and a PhD. degree from the University of Keele in 2001. Dr. Heather is currently the Chief Geological Officer (CGO) for both Regulus and Aldebaran, and the QP (FAUSIMM) responsible, at a corporate level, for overseeing the technical aspects of both companies’ exploration activities. During his career, Dr. Heather has been involved with several discoveries (Haquira East and Altar United) and has worked on various world-class ore deposits, including the El Indio Au-Ag-Cu Mine (Chile), the Pascua-Lama Au-Ag deposit (Chile-Argentina), and the Au-Ag Cerro Vanguardia Au-Ag deposit (Patagonia, Argentina).
