People
The best brains in the business comprise the Aurora Geosciences team—highly skilled geologists and geophysicists, rooted in the North and working in collaboration. It is this meeting of the minds that is the key to our innovative and results-oriented success.
At Aurora Geosciences, we hire from the neck up. Standards and expectations for our staff are high. AGL’s core team is backed by a professional staff of experienced exploration geologists, geophysicists and technicians, working together with anywhere from 30 to 80 field hands, the majority of whom are northerners. Any person hired to work as a technician is hired to conduct geophysical, geological and staking/line cutting projects. Each member of our experienced local field staff is equipped with a high level of safety and work skills training.
AGL's Core Team
Gary Vivian, P.Geol. M.S.
President, Yellowknife Office
A geologist with over 30 years experience in mineral exploration, Gary has worked across Canada, in QU, BC, SK, NB, ON, NT and NU. His management skills have been applied to large drill programs throughout the North including projects at Sunrise, Nicholas, Fishhook and Run Lakes in Northwest Territories.
Contact Gary Vivian
Corey Segboer, B.Sc., GIS
Assistant Operations Manager, Yellowknife Office
Mike Power, P.Geoph. P.Geol. M.Sc.
Vice President, Whitehorse Office
An exploration geophysicist and geologist, Mike’s dual expertise has been put to work on mineral and engineering projects across northern Canada and Alaska since 1988. Based in the Yukon, Mike’s innovative drive has led to his growing expertise in the application of surface and borehole geophysical techniques to northern exploration problems.
Contact Mike Power
Georges Belcourt, P.Geoph.
Operations Manager, Yellowknife Office
Georges holds a B.Sc. in Geophysics from the University of Saskatchewan and has worked as a geophysical operator and geophysicist since 1996. His superior knowledge and experience in gold, base metal and diamond exploration projects has taken him to Ontario, Newfoundland, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Contact Georges Belcourt
Phil Jackson, P.Geoph.
Operations Manager, Whitehorse Office
Phil holds a B.Sc. in Geology and Physics from Concordia University and has worked in geology and geophysics since 1997. His diversity of skill has led to his experience in geologic mapping and in management of numerous geophysical programs.
Contact Phil Jackson
Jim Robinson, F.G.A.C. P.Geol.
Geologist, Yellowknife Office
With a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia, Jim has been working in mineral exploration since 1981. His expertise lies in gold, silver, and base metal exploration, production, and ore reserve modeling and estimation.
Contact Jim Robinson
Derek Torgenson, B.Sc.
Geologist, Whitehorse Office
Franz Dziuba, P.Geoph.
Geophysicist, Yellowknife Office
An exploration geophysicist with a B.Sc. in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia, Franz has over 10 years of working experience on a wide range of geophysical exploration programs throughout the Cordillera from South America to Alaska, and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. His particular expertise includes running large IP surveys as well as gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic, borehole and ground penetrating radar surveys.
Contact Franz Dziuba
Dave Hildes, P.Geol. Ph.D.
Geophysicist, Whitehorse Office
Dave earned his doctorate at the University of British Columbia and has significant expertise in computer modeling and inversion. As a crew chief in our Whitehorse office, Dave runs surveys across northern Canada, in the NWT, Yukon and Nunavut.
Contact Dave Hildes
