Mark A. Arnold, C.P.G., R.G.
President & CEO
Mr.
Arnold is a certified and registered professional geologist and geochemist
with more than 18 years experience in exploration and mining, and
environmental projects from 24 countries. He is a certified professional
geologist and a registered geologist with the state of Wyoming and
Wisconsin. He has worked in both the private and public sectors designing,
implementing, and managing geologic, geochemical, and environmental
investigations. He specializes in exploration and environmental
geochemistry and project management. Mr. Arnold has personally been
involved in numerous geochemical surveys from which several thousand
samples were collected from many sample medias. He has been involved in
many environmental investigation and remediation projects. He is
experienced in the design and implementation of many types of remediation
systems. He is responsible for writing bid proposals for government and
private projects. He has created strict QA/QC and Health and Safety
procedures that are used on all projects. Mr. Arnold has extensive
experience utilizing various computer applications for geochemical and
ground water modeling, geologic mapping, geostatistics, contaminant fate
and transport, CAD, and 3-D graphics modeling. He is experienced in
Quality Control and Chain of Custody procedures. He is experienced in
surface and underground drilling, and with geotechnical, geophysical, and
analytical instruments. Mr. Arnold is OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 certified. Mr.
Arnold has served as a board member of the Environmental Advisor Committee
for the Colorado Contractors Association, and various board positions for
the Colorado Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists.
Mr. Arnold has authored or coauthored numerous geologic and environmental
publications.
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Grant J. Tonkin, MBA, R.G.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Tonkin is a registered geologist with 23 years of field geologic and business
management consulting experience. He has planned, budgeted and managed various surface and
underground, precious and base metal projects, as well as coal exploration projects. In
Mr. Tonkin's role as a project geologist, he has developed personnel policies, computer
programs and financial controls to help in management of both geological and environmental
projects. In addition, he has extensive experience in supervising professionals and
laborers. He also has considerable experience in negotiating agreements and securing
federal, state and local permits. He is responsible for the development and implementation
of management reporting systems, cost and staffing analysis, budgeting,
productivity/efficiency analysis and employee relations for a variety of clients.
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Glen Thomas White, R.G., R.E.A.
Regional Manager
Mr.
White has over 15 years experience as an environmental geologist. He is
experienced in a wide variety of geological and environmental
investigations and projects. He is a California registered geologist and
registered class I
environmental assessor. He has extensive experience in in-situ and above
ground bioremediation of soil and ground water contamination. He is
experienced in the design, installation, operation and maintenance of a
wide variety of remediation systems. He is responsible for the
management of all west coast site investigation and remediation
projects. These projects include UST removals, installation of soil
borings and monitoring wells, soil and water sampling, bioremediation,
soil vapor extraction, pump and treat, aquifer testing, and monitoring.
He has extensive experience with a wide variety of contaminated sites
including chlorinated and non-chlorinated hydrocarbons, fuel oxygenates
(MTBE), and inorganic contaminants.
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Jack Johnson
Senior Project and Construction Manager
Mr.
Johnson’s positions during his career include construction manager,
project manager, estimator, project engineer, field/materials engineer,
geotechnical/foundation engineer, craft supervisor, and heavy equipment
operator. His experience in environmental remediation and waste
minimization was acquired while employed by AWS Remediation, PRI
Environmental, West Hazmat Companies, and Geo-Con, Inc. Projects
included open pit mine slope reduction, solidification/stabilization,
air sparging/vapor extraction, demolition, UST removal, lead and
asbestos, and resource recovery work. Mr. Johnson developed a strong
background in pipeline and pump station construction. Projects included:
Project manager for 250 KM of twin butt welded 60” mortar-lined steel
pipe for water transmission in Saudi Arabia; Chef de Project for 365 KM
of butt-welded 42” steel pipe for natural gas transmission in Algeria;
Project engineer for the installation of 30 miles of 36” pre-stressed
concrete cylinder pipe and 14” ductile iron pipe for water
transmission in North Dakota; Spread foreman for 30 miles of 30”
pre-stressed concrete cylinder water pipe in Wyoming.
Mr. Johnson has extensive expertise in highway and street construction,
aggregate crushing, asphalt and concrete production and paving.
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Robert W. Rogers, P.E.
Senior Engineer
Mr. Rogers has over thirty years of widely diversified experience in project and personnel
management for projects involving soil and rock mechanics, foundation engineering,
hazardous waste disposal, engineering and environmental geology, resource planning and
development, and materials testing. His experience includes management of projects for
many state and county highways, bridges, railroad facilities, ski resorts, single-family
residential developments, multi-story industrial and comercial structures, oil and gas and
geothermal developments, power plants, sanitary landfills, dams and reservoirs, and
foundation design for the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline.
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Jeffery E. Ludwig
Senior Remediation Site Manager
Mr.
Ludwig has managed environmental construction, remediation and demolition
projects for twelve years. His technical responsibilities include cost
estimating and tracking, site supervision, construction, demolition,
drilling, health and safety, and reporting. His experience encompasses a
wide variety of sites, including above and below ground storage tanks,
hazardous and radioactive wastes, mine reclamation, facility demolition,
and bioremediation. While serving with Toltest and R&R International
Mr. Ludwig was the Site Superintendent/DO Manager for work conducted under
an AFCEE Region VI environmental remediation contract at Malmstrom AFB,
Fairchild AFB, Lowry AFB, and F.E. Warren AFB. Mr. Ludwig was responsible
for field supervision of all craft labor, management of subcontractors,
field scheduling and field health and safety. Mr. Ludwig has supervised
the execution of over $6 million in work with zero OSHA reportable
accidents and zero lost time accidents. Technologies used at these sites
have included soil vapor extraction, bioventing, air sparging, low
temperature thermal desorption, bioremediation, stabilization of both
radioactive and non-radioactive materials, slurry wall construction, and
construction dewatering.
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Joseph R. Anzman
Senior Geophysicist
Formulated, planned, conducted and managed geophysical programs for groundwater,
engineering, geothermal and minerals exploration. Reviewed, evaluated and interpreted
geophysical data; geophysical experience includes resistivity, induced polarization,
gravity, magnetics, electromagnetics, refraction seismic and airborne. Worked in
contiguous 48 states, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Philippine Islands, Peru.
Prepared and monitored geophysical budgets; coordinated geophysical programs within the
framework of project objectives; worked with and supervised geophysical contractors;
consulted with management and project/geologic staff regarding judicious and effective
utilization of geophysical methods and coordination of geology and geophysics.
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James M. Beck, P.E.
Senior Mining, Environmental and Hazardous Waste Engineer
Mr.
Beck is a registered professional engineer specializing in the design,
evaluation, and implementation of environmental programs for industry. Mr.
Beck's professional experience includes over 17 years experience in
various aspects of mining, environmental engineering, and waste management
with major nationwide engineering and consulting firms, preceded by 6
years in engineering and operations assignments with major natural
resource companies. Mr. Beck has completed a wide range of assignments on
behalf of business and industrial clients, legal counsel, and financial
entities. His mining experience has spanned precious and base
metals, coal and oil shale, and industrial minerals. He is experienced in
underground and open pit mine planning and operations, extractive
metallurgy, and coal processing. Environmental services have
included site investigation and characterization, remedial design and
management of remediation programs, RCRA compliance program development
and implementation, environmental compliance audits and due-diligence
assessments (including complex, multi-facility industrial programs),
Iowa-level radioactive waste management, evaluation and acquisition of
project permitting requirements, project feasibility studies and economic
analyses, water supply development, wastewater treatment, and site closure
and reclamation. In addition, Mr. Beck routinely provides independent
third-party review of technical documents, cost estimating and
verification, technical coordination of PRP cost recovery actions, and
expert witness services.
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Susan K. Komarek
Senior Wildlife Biologist
Ms. Komarek has over 22 years experience in Wildlife Biology, Natural Resource Management
and Botany. She has worked in both private and public sectors with threatened and
endangered plants and animals. Ms. Komarek has worked primarily in the Western U.S.
(including Alaska and Hawaii), Mexico and Central America. She is responsible for
biological and ecological assessments.
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Thomas A. Colbert
Senior Scientist
Thomas
A. Colbert is an environmental consultant who has been involved with the
environmental and mining industries since the early 1970s. He has served
clients in the public and private sectors, specializing in projects in
mining, agriculture and natural resources. His technical background
encompasses the areas of soils, land reclamation and environmental
assessment, and he is the author of numerous papers and publications
pertaining to these fields. His particular expertise is in the areas of
acid rock drainage, high elevation revegetation, cyanide mitigation, mine
waste management, and heavy metals. Mr. Colbert has been involved in such
notable high elevation mine sites as the New World Project near
Yellowstone, Noranda’s Montanore project in Montana, Alaska’s Usibelli
and Diamond Chuitna mines, and in Colorado, Sunnyside Basin, Climax
Molybdenum, Mid-Continent Coal, Snowmass Coal, Rico, and others. He
conducted extensive geostatistical studies in connection with the Cotter
Corporation Uranium Mill RI/FS pertaining to off-site soil and vegetation
contamination, and the Lincoln Park domestic and agricultural water use
survey. As a consultant to the City of Denver Mr. Colbert analyzed soil
and vegetation data from the Globe ASARCO Smelter RI/FS, and was also
involved in the Uravan Mill RI/FS. He has consulted to the state mining
regulatory programs in Alaska and Montana, conducted mine permit reviews
and NEPA assessments for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, and one project for the Colorado Inactive Mines Program. He
currently represents CDPHE as a reclamation expert at the Rocky Mountain
Arsenal. Mr.
Colbert was an instructor in soils at both Colorado State University and
Texas A&M University, and, for several years, worked in reclamation
and revegetation research for the Department of Agronomy at CSU. He is
currently an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Policy and Management at
the University of Denver, where he teaches courses in mine waste
management and reclamation, environmental risk assessment, and
environmental sampling. He helped develop the Society for Mining,
Metallurgy & Exploration’s technical course in mine waste
management, and co-authored and edited the National Park Service
Environmental Handbook for Cyanide Leaching Operations. Mr. Colbert has
been a long-standing member of the High Altitude Revegetation Committee
and serves on the Advisory Board of the Environmental Technology Program
at Colorado Mountain College.
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Mark R. Merline
Resident Geologist and Project Manager
Mr.
Merline serves as AGS’s resident geologist and project manager for
environmental projects located throughout the Pacific Rim countries. Mr.
Merline has supervised or conducted more than 200 site assessments, UST
investigations, and ground water monitoring. He has conducted phase I
& II investigations, and site closures. These projects involved:
historic environmental audits, site characterizations, risk assessments,
remedial excavation reports, report of findings, work plans, remediation
projects, vapor extraction, air stripping, and air sparging systems, and
bioremediation projects. Mr. Merline is responsible for site
investigations, soil and ground water sampling and monitoring programs,
installation and operation of soil and ground water remediation systems.
He is involved in hydrologic investigations, pumping tests and ground
water quality testing for water supply for several major hotel, resort and
golf course developments. He acts as technical representative for various
clients with the regulatory agencies.
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Maximino E. Simian
Resident Geologist
Mr.
Simian serves as AGS’s resident geologist a for
environmental projects located throughout the Pacific Rim countries.
Mr. Simian is a field geologist with 5 years of experience in
geological, geotechnical, environmental, and construction supervision
and inspection activities. Mr. Simian has performed observation
and testing services during construction. He has performed field
and underground structural mapping, layout of rock support, core
logging, and sample and data collection and reporting. Mr.
Simian’s experience includes reviewing plans and specifications,
inspection, and preparing daily reports.
Mr.
Simian has conducted environmental site assessments, UST
investigations, and ground water monitoring. Mr. Simian is responsible for site
investigations, soil and ground water sampling and monitoring programs,
installation and operation of soil and ground water remediation systems.
He is involved in hydrologic investigations, pumping tests and ground
water quality testing for water supply for several industrial clients. He acts as technical representative for various
clients with the regulatory agencies.
Mr. Simian is fluent in Spanish and English.
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Dr. Bob Moran
Senior Geochemist
Dr. Moran has over 26 years experience in mining and AMD characterization and
mitigation. This experience has included government and private sector work from numerous
mining sites located in the US and internationally. He has been involved in the
geochemical characterization of the AMD waters and evaluation of treatment methodologies
and the development of Hazardous Ranking Systems (HRS). He has been involved in the review
of monitoring and permitting guidelines for the State of Colorado for Acid Rock Drainage
and Cyanide use. He also was involved in the review of the World Banks Mining
Environmental guidelines. Dr. Moran’s will provide assistance in design of the
geochemical and other monitoring and sampling criteria for this project.
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Dorinda Bair
Senior Geologist and Geochemist
Ms. Bair’s experience includes 13 years of gold and silver
exploration and production in the United States and Russia. The types of
systems worked on were mesothermal, epithermal, VMS, and gold porphyry.
This included work in open pits and underground as well as in
exploration. Specific duties included mapping, construction of
geological cross sections coupled with target projection, hole planning
and drill supervision on core and reverse circulation drill rigs; and
computer data entry. In addition she has worked for the U.S. Geological
Survey where she performed fluid inclusion analysis and petrography; CO2
extraction for isotope analysis and basic operation of a MAT 252 mass
spectrometer, data entry, library research and water sampling. She has
worked for Echo bay Minerals, Echo bay Alaska, Echo Bay Kuranakh Russia,
Placer Dome, Kennecott, and WGM.
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Travis Helms
Senior Geologist
Mr. Helms is a geologist and geochemist with four years experience in
mining, mineral exploration, and environmental projects. He has
been involved with both domestic and international projects, and has
worked with a multinational team of geologists and technicians. He
is skilled in geologic field methods including reconnaissance, prospect,
open pit, and underground mapping; sampling; logging; and surveying. Mr.
Helms is experienced in a wide variety of environmental drilling and
sampling procedures, soil boring and monitoring well installations.
Additionally, he has experience in reflected and refracted microscopy,
analytical methods, structural analysis and geochemical data evaluation,
especially as applied to mineral deposits. He has participated in
geochemical and geophysical surveys, and has supervised and supported
reverse circulation and diamond drilling programs. Mr. Helms is
well versed in a wide range of geologic computer applications including
GIS, digitizing, drafting, graphics, mineral exploration, mining,
structural, and petrologic software.
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Daniel L. Hambrick
Environmental Geologist
Mr. Hambrick graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
geology, from the California State University at Stanislaus. Mr.
Hambrick also has Associate of Science degrees in Environmental
Sciences, Natural Resources, and Physical Sciences. He has
considerable experience in underground storage tank site remediation.
Mr. Hambrick is also experienced with Phase I and Phase II Environmental
Site Assessments. His experience in mapping and surveying includes
projects involving accurate mapping of natural resources. Mr.
Hambrick also has experience with meadow and creek restorations.
He possesses valuable teamwork and troubleshooting skills developed
during his twenty-year military career.
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Phil Brown
Principal Hydrogeologist
Mr. Brown presents over 21 years of professional
experience in geology and hydrogeology. His background encompasses the
sciences of geology, geophysics, and hydrogeology. His geologic
expertise has been utilized in environmental, geotechnical and mineral
resource applications. His hydrogeologic project experience
includes groundwater exploration and supply, groundwater flow and
contaminant transport modeling, water quality monitoring, environmental
assessments, environmental baseline studies and water rights
adjudication’s.Mr. Brown has managed a variety of projects in the
western United States, New Zealand, South America and Asia. Major
projects have been for the Salt River Project, AMAX Gold, Meridian,
Cyprus, and Peabody Coal; petrochemical corporations such as Shell Oil,
New Zealand Refinery, and UNOCAL; and Waste Management. Relevant
achievements include the following: Management of a major water
exploration project for the AMAX Guanaco Mine in the Atacoma Desert of
northern Chile; Implementation of a groundwater modeling and monitoring
program for the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming to assess the
impact of coal mining on shallow aquifers; Supervision of baseline
groundwater studies for the La Loma Coal Project, Caesar, Colombia,
South America.
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Dr. Samuel Bamberg
Principal Ecologist
Dr. Bamberg is a biologist and ecologist with 26 years experience in environmental
consulting related to resource development, especially mining projects. He has worked in
environmental studies and permitting for all types of resource utilization including
mining for metals, uranium, and industrial minerals; and in development for industrial,
commercial, and residential sites; has specialized in reclamation in extreme and arid
environments; has recently been active in the hazardous waste management field assessing
the health risks and environmental effects of chemical and radioactive contaminants. He
has been an expert witness at public hearings, and provided information in court
proceedings. Dr. Bamberg has had extensive experience with metals uptake by plants which
were irrigated with contaminated mine waters. He has also been involved in the evaluation
of livestock which have ingested these high metal content plants.
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Edwin "Ned" Avary, P.E.
Senior Mining Engineer
Mr. Avary is a geologist and mining engineer with over 35 years experience in mining.
He is highly experienced in open pit, underground and alluvial mining methods, operations
and evaluations. He has specialized experience in shaft sinking, underground development,
blasting and grouting. Recent projects include: Executed a bulk sampling program for
alluvial diamonds in Brazil for Hillsborough Resources Ltd. ; Preliminary schedule and
mine costs for Montana alluvial sapphire project.; Exploratory RC drilling program at Fire
Creek Project, Nevada for AURENCO. Other projects included: work as part of an engineering
task force on design of the Lahir open pit gold mine; feasibility evaluation of a small
gypsum mining project in California, with subsequent permitting of the project; Panamanian
open pit gold mine feasibility study; Chilean copper mine truck/loader and crusher
location optimization study; waste dump sizing for Nevada open pit gold mine;
miscellaneous small evaluations and proposals.
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