Selkirk Copper Mines Inc. announced that Leif Bailey, a professional geoscientist with 20 years of experience and a passion for exploration and discovery, has joined Selkirk Copper's exploration team as Director Geoscience & Exploration. Mr. Bailey's expertise spans the exploration and mining life-cycle, including grassroots exploration, development studies, and underground mining operations, and across a diversity of deposit types and commodities. His previous work includes exploration projects throughout North America, with a focus on copper-gold deposits in Northern BC, Yukon, and Alaska.
Mr. Bailey has a track-record of delivering value through successful exploration, and also through delivery of targeted geoscience and orebody knowledge initiatives for development projects and mining operations. Prior to joining Selkirk Copper, Mr. Bailey provided leadership within a multi-disciplinary technical team at the Galore Creek Cu-Au-Ag Project, a joint-venture partnership between Teck Resources Limited and Newmont Corporation. In this role, he was part of the team recognized in 2023 with the AME David Barr Award for Leadership and Innovation in Mineral Exploration Health & Safety.
Mr. Bailey is a registered Professional Geologist (P.Geo., EGBC) and holds an M.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia. In his master's degree, Mr. Bailey completed a comprehensive study of the White Gold deposit, located nearby to Minto, and was part of a research initiative focused on understanding the geological framework for mineral deposits in West-Central Yukon.
