Staff—Edmond Deal

Professional Experience

October 1998 – present, Director and State Geologist, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte

1995 – 1998, Consulting geologist, Houston, Texas
· Geothermal exploration and reserve evaluation, Indonesia
· National and international projects on commodity studies, regional mineral potential, prospect evaluation, and reserve evaluation
· Basic research in Rooïberg felsites, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

1985 – 1995, Senior District Geologist and Exploration Manager, Pennzoil Sulphur Company, Houston, Texas

1979 – 1985, Advanced and Senior Geologist, Duval Corporation, Tucson, Arizona

1974 – 1979, Assistant and Associate Professor of Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky

1975 – 1978 (summers), Assistant Research Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1973 – 1974, Research Associate (post-doctoral position), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1970–1973, Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1968–1970, Assistant Professor of Geology, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina

Education

Ph.D.— Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

M.S. — Geology, Arizona State University, Tempe

A.B. — Math and Geology, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina

Interests

— Igneous petrology, volcanology

— Economic geology, particularly industrial minerals

— Geothermal exploration/production

— General geology