Our Team Profiles
Dr. Barry W. Smee, President
Barry Smee is a consulting geochemist and geologist based in British Columbia, Canada. He earned a B.Sc. in chemistry and geology from the University of Alberta, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the University of New Brunswick under the supervision of Dr. G. J. S. Govett. Barry has worked in academia, government and industry for 35 years, and has operated SAC since 1990. He has promoted the use of Quality Control methods in mineral exploration throughout his career, and specializes in the intelligent use of geochemical methods in covered terrain.
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Susan Smee
Susan Smee (Sue) is the Corporate Secretary and Financial Planner for Smee and Associates. Sue has over 35 years of experience with major accounting, legal, and international trade organizations.
Margaret Fairhurst
Margaret Fairhurst is a Professional Geologist, awarded a BA (Geology) from University of Minnesota in 1991. Margaret has worked as a project geologist in the mineral exploration, environmental and hydrological disciplines for 15 years. She has extensive experience in quality control/quality assurance while monitoring a large drilling project in South America; and is currently consulting for laboratory data QC/QA in Peru. She has audited laboratories in South America and Australia. She has completed training in the Maxwell Geoservices Datashed and QAQCr programs. Margaret lives in Queensland Australia. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
David Heberlein
Dave holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology from the University of Southampton, England, and an M.Sc., (Geology and Exploration Geochemistry) from the University of British Columbia. He has extensive experience in exploring for both precious and base metal deposits and has worked extensively in both North and South America and Australia.
From 1995 to 2002, he was Barrick’s Exploration Manager for Argentina and Chile. In this role he managed exploration in the world class El Indio gold belt including the El Indio and Tambo mines and the supergiant Pascua-Lama high sulphidation deposit. After returning to Canada in 2002 he became Barrick’s Chief Geochemist and was responsible for all aspects of the company's global geochemical programs.