Peter Lightfoot

Technical Advisor/Consultant to Metallis Resources Inc. (TSXV: MTS). Over 25 years of experience in the exploration of nickel-sulphide deposits. As Chief Geologist with Vale Base Metals was responsible for technical aspects of exploration programs at Sudbury, Thompson and Voisey's Bay. B.A., Oxford University (1980); M.Sc., University of Toronto (1982); Ph.D., Open University (1985); post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto before joining the Ontario Geological Survey in 1987 and working extensively on Sudbury; as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto undertook a joint research project on the Noril'sk deposits in Russia. Joined Inco as Senior Geologist in 1996, working on Voisey's Bay and international project generation, continuing after Vale's 2006 acquisition of Inco, and returned in 2010 to Vale's Canadian operations at Sudbury, Thompson and Voisey's Bay. Author of a book on the Sudbury Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide ore deposits and impact melts; Hutchinson Visiting Industry professor at the University of Western Ontario and principal of Lightfoot Geoscience Inc., with a strong emphasis on magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE exploration in the Eskay Rift, northwest British Columbia. Source: metallisresources.com/corporate/.