Geological Consultants

Laurence Sookochoff, P.Eng. and independent qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101

Laurence Sookochoff has had over 50 years of experience in the mining and mineral exploration industry since his graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of British Columbia in 1966.

He has authored well over 1,400 reports and was a founding director of many companies including Corona Resources Ltd. which was instrumental in the discovery of the Hemlo gold deposit in 1982. The Hemlo discovery was the most significant gold discovery in North America and was in production as the David Bell Mine from 1982 to 2013 having produced 4,233,429 ounces of gold.

Laurence Sookochoff brings a wealth of experience to Belmont Resources Ltd. in Belmont’s acquisition of mineral properties in the historic Phoenix Mining Camp located between Grand Forks and Greenwood in the southern interior of British Columbia. He worked at the Phoenix Mine when Granby operated the Phoenix Mine from 1959 to 1976. He was the supervisor of the diamond drilling and drift development at the adjacent Golden Crown Mine, in addition to the supervision of an exploration program at the recent Belmont acquisition of the Pathfinder Property.

Bruce Laird, P.Geo and independent qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101

Bruce Laird, PGeo, is a seasoned geologist and project manager with over two decades of experience in mineral exploration across British Columbia, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Since 2004, he has worked as a self-employed consulting geologist, managing mineral exploration programs and providing project management services to a variety of exploration companies in British Columbia.

Laird has extensive expertise in geological data collection, quality assurance/quality control and interpretation with hands-on experience, managing exploration programs for porphyry copper, gold and molybdenum projects, as well as low sulphidation epithermal gold, volcanic massive sulphide and Sedex systems. Notably, he contributed to the discovery of the Main Ridge epithermal gold mine in Jamaica and the Chiquibul gold mine in Belize, and served as project geologist for several years on the Woodjam copper/gold/molybdenum porphyry project in British Columbia