Graduating from the University of Nottingham, England with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) and a Ph.D. in geology, Dr. Morton has taught at the Universities of Oslo, Hamburg, and Nancy. In addition, Dr. Morton is a Professor Emeritus in Geology at the University of Alberta, after teaching economic geology there for 28 years. Dr. Morton has 40 years of academic, geological and corporate management experience throughout the world and has worked in Asia, Scandinavia, Canada, the U.S., Central and South America and Southern Africa. Dr. Morton is internationally recognized as a leading authority on the economic evaluation of mineral deposits. His extensive profile and first-hand experience of exploration and discovery of economic deposits in South America, and economic evaluation of mineral deposits around the world considerably augments the management team behind several resource based companies. Dr. Morton is the co-founder and former Vice President of Golden Star Resources. While serving as a Director of Tres-Or Resources Ltd., Dr. Morton continues to serve on the board of management of several other public resource companies. He is President of Muskox Minerals Ltd., a board member of Brazilian Diamonds Ltd. (operating in Brazil) and Uruguay Mineral Resources (operating in Uruguay). Dr. Morton is a qualified gemologist and the founder and owner of Polar Star Diamonds Ltd. and Diamori Ltd., private corporations in Alberta specializing in fine gemstones and jewelry manufacture.
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