V E N E S S A B E N N E T TC o n s u l t i n g G e o l o g i s t

E X P E R T I S E

E D U C A T I O NP R O F E S S I O N A L G O A L S

E X P E R I E N C E

P R O F E S S I O N A L S K I L L S

1998 -2006 Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (Pass with Distinction)

Ph. D (Geology)

2014 - 2015Advanced Diploma is GIS/ Remote Sensing

Centre of Geographic Studies, Nova Scotia(completion end May 2015)

1993 – 1997 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia(First Class Honours)

B.Sc (Hons) Geology

May 2008 -April 2009 SENIOR GEOLOGIST CROSSHAIR EXPLORATION & MINING CORP.

Responsibilities:* 1: 10000 structural/alteration mapping providing bedrock control for regional uranium exploration program* Structural assessment/ evaluation of drill core to assist drilling program* Structural interpretation of priority target areas (U and Au) * Data interpretation and modeling.* Training and mentoring of junior level staff.* New property reconnaissance, assessment and target generation* Monthly technical and assessment report preparation.

Feb 2011 - Present GEOMANTIA CONSULTING

* Geological consulting business providing ongoing technical input for generative and early- stage exploration programs (target generation and to target delineation).

Services: * Data Compilation - Target Generation and Deposit Synthesis * Property Assessment and Data Review* Three Dimensional Modeling* Lineament Analysis and Interpretation * Geochemical Analysis of Surface and Drill datasets * Structural/Alteration Mapping* Drill Program Planning and Focused Structural/Alteration Logging of Drill Core* Design of Geochemical Sampling Programs; * Mentoring and Training of Junior Staff;* Assessment Report Writing and Preparation of Property Technical Presentations* Off-season Analytical Work - Petrographic Studies, Alteration/Paragenetic Studies * SEM analysis - Characterize Mineralization (automated mapping of ore), Clay Analysis* Precious Metal Deportment Studies.

* Current client exploration targets - Sediment hosted Au, MVT, Cu-Au Skarn, Polymetallic veins, structurally - controlled Au systems, Cu-Au porphyry.

May 2009 - May 2011 METALLOGENIST GEOLOGISTYUKON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Responsibilities:* Design and execution of field programs to assess regional mineral potential (prospecting, reconnaissance soil, silt programs)* Mineral potential/metallogenic framework for bedrock mapping programs* Liase with junior exploration companies in Yukon to assist exploration programs* Establish Industry - University M.Sc and Ph.D research programs to better understand ore-forming processes. * Synthesis of metallogenic datasets to determine property and regional scale controls on mineralization; Presentation of ideas to exploration community at public conferences.* Year end report writing presented in Yukon Exploration and Geology publications.

Dual role position that provided Yukon mineral deposit and general exploration history information to clients and carried out Mineral Potential studies for regional land-use planning purposes.

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

To foster healthy and ongoing professional relationships throughout the duration of

exploration programs.

To ensure high-quality technical information is effectively communicated and integrated,

real-time into exploration programs to assist in problem-solving of existing

targets and discovery of new targets.

Ability to contribute to all aspects ofan exploration program from the

ground up

Very high quality and timely deliverables

Practical application of focussed research to assist deposit

model identification

Analysis and integration of diverse datasets to assist in large and

regional scale generative

To integrate new technologies and methodologies into exploration programworkflows to decrease risk and maximize

discovery potential

OTHER

Canadian Firearms Provision and Acquisition Licence

Australian and Canadian Drivers Licences

ESRI ArcGIS, Geostatistical Analyst, Arcpad

Spatial Analyst,

ERDAS Imagine

Python, R

SQL Server, SQL

IBM Modeller

IoGas GeochemicalAnalysis Software

MS Office Suite

Corel Software Suite

Global Mapper

MapInfo+Discover 3DDiscover Mobile

Adobe Photoshop

PCI Geomatica

MicroStation/ Terrasolid

Trimble Pathfinder Office

33 Roundel Rd, Whitehorse,

Yukon Territory, Y1A3H4+1 (867) 335 5245geomantia@hotmail.com www.geomantiacogs.com

ER Mapper

EXELIS ENVI

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33 Roundel Rd, Whitehorse,

Yukon Territory, Y1A3H4+1 (867) 335 5245geomantia@hotmail.com

* Initiate cross-institutional and international professional relationships to generate contract work, in which collaborative associations defined mutually beneficial contract objectives. Project

budget development and management (Projects 1 and 5).

* Geological mapping and data collection using integrated handheld GPS and GIS methodology.

* Design and implementation of isotopic and geochemical sampling programs (Projects 1 and 4).

* Mentoring of field assistants in remote camps (geological mapping and sampling)

* Generation of geological multi-scalemaps and subsequent analysis of structural, metamorphic, alteration and geophysical datasets (Projects 2 and 4).

* Technical project proposal preparation and discussion-based modification based on requirements of client, followed by timely delivery of comprehensive technical reports.

* Scientific manuscript preparation; Conference presentations (oral and poster)

·* Analytical research and development geared towards demonstrating cost and time effective generation of precise U-Pb isotopic age data using integratedLAM ICP-MS and CA-ID TIMS

techniques to support regional and focussed metallogenic, structural and tectonometamorphic field studies.

Jun 2006 - May 2008 Contract-Based Research Fellow, MUN

PROJECT 1: Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) U-Pb Contract

* Production of U-Pb isotopic datasets (SEM and LAM –ICPMS) for samples collected from Wopmay Orogen (2004, 2005) to constrain regional magmatic and detrital histories; gross crustal structure, Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) alteration mapping and paragenetic studies.

PROJECT 2: Greenland and Denmark Geological Survey contract – Geological Mapping and Summary Reports

* 1: 40000 mapping of parts of Kapisillit sheet (64V2Syd), SW Greenland, North Atlantic Craton.(GEUS Lead - Julie Hollis)

* Mineral occurrence types – Shear-zone hosted polymetallic sulphides + gold; metasomatic inferred seafloor alteration + minor sulphide mineralization of greenstones overprinted by polyphase

metamorphism and deformation.

* Design and implementation of a field database for use with hand-held computer (PDA).

PROJECT 3: NTGO U-Pb Geochronology contract

* Production of U-Pb isotopic datasets (integrated LAM ICPMS (MUN) and CA IDTIMS (Massacheusetts Institute of Technology)) for samples from Southern Wopmay orogen constrain temporal relationships of IOCG-related alteration fluxes at DeVries Lake, Great Bear Magmatic Zone and address 1:250 000 scale regional tectonic and metallogenic temporal problems.

PROJECT 4: Geological Survey of Canada Contract: Geological mapping and Structural Report

* 1: 60000 bedrock mapping and structural analysis of selected areas of the Boothia Mainland (NTS 57A-D), Archean Rae Domain, Nunavut (Project Leads - Jim Ryan, Leo Nadeau).

PROJECT 5: NTGO contract: U-Pb geochronology

* Mineral occurrence types – Sulphide-facies banded iron formation; minor massive sulphide occurrences associated with Archean volcano-sedimentary belts (genetic affinity unknown).

* Production of U-Pb detrital zircon datasets: Archean – Palaeoproterozoic unconformity relationships (structural – stratigraphic-temporal), Wopmay Orogen, NWT.

A F F I L I A T I O N S

A W A R D S

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

(pending professional practice examination)

Citizenship:Australian Citizen and Canadian Permanent Resident

2006 Léopold Gélinas GoldMedal, Best Ph.D. Thesis, Volcanology

and Igneous Petrology division, GAC

University Medal - B.Sc (Honours) Macquarie University, Australia

Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship(Ph. D research)

R E F E R E N C E S

Dr. Toby Rivers, Professor Dept of Earth Sciences

Memorial University, St Johns, NL, CanadaEmail:

Phone: (+1) 709-864-8392 trivers@mun.ca

Dr. Richard Flood, Senior Lecturer

Email: Phone:

GEMOC, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Macquarie University, NSW, Australia

61-(0)2-9850 8370richard.flood@mq.edu.au

Sally Gillies, Manager, Listed Issuer Services, TSX Venture Exchange

TMX Group Inc., Vancouver, BC, CanadaEmail 1:

Email 2: Phone: (+1) 604-643-6531

sally.gillies@tmx.comsally@geozu.com

Mike Burke, Chief GeologistGolden Predator (also former boss at

Yukon Geological Survey)Vancouver, Whitehorse, YT, Canada

Email: Telephone: +1 867-335-5373

MBurke@goldenpredator.com

Marc G. Blythe, P.Eng., MBA.President & CEO,

Tarsis Resources Ltd.Vancouver, BC, CanadaEmail:

Telephone: +1 778 322 3009marc@tarsis.ca

www.geomantiacogs.com

2006 Jack Henderson prize - Best Ph.D. Thesis, Structural Geology

and Tectonic division, GAC.

2015 COGS Remote Sensing Concentration - PCI Geomatica Award

2015 COGS Remote Sensing Concentration - Intergraph Award

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W O R K S A M P L E S

33 Roundel Rd, Whitehorse,

Yukon Territory, Y1A3H4+1 (867) 335 5245geomantia@hotmail.com

AUTOMATED SEM MINERAL MAPPING

U-Pb GEOCHRONOLOGYAPPLIED TO ORE DEPOSITS

3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLINGPETROGRAPHIC AND SEM

ANALYSIS

As rich clayAs rich clay

Ca poor clayCa poor clay

GoldGold

ArseniosideriteArseniosiderite

ArseniosideriteArseniosiderite

GoldGoldGoldGold

As rich clayAs rich clay

ApatiteApatite

STRUCTURAL/ALTERATIONLOGGING & ANALYSIS

S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S

Tupper, D. and Bennett, V., 2010. Observations of polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn (± Au ± In) mineralization at the Eagle and Fisher vein-faults, airborne total field magnetics and identification of Tombstone age-equivalent aplite dykes in the Galena Hill area, Keno City, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2009, K.E. MacFarlane, L.H. Weston and L.R. Blackburn (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 305-330.

Jackson, V.A., Bennett, V., and Irwin, D. 2006. An ArcViewR 3.x digital geological atlas of the Snare River area, parts of NTS 85O and 85N. Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, NWT Open File 2006-06. Digital files.

Bennett, V., Jackson, V.A., Rivers, T., Relf, C., Horan, P., and Tubrett, M. 2005. Geology and U–Pb geochronology of the Neoarchean Snare River terrane: tracking evolving tectonic regimes and crustal growth mechanisms. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42(6): 895–934. doi:10.1139/e04-065.

www.geomantiacogs.com

Bennett, V., Schulze, C., Ouellette, D. and Pollries, B., 2010. Deconstructing complex Au-Ag-Cu mineralization, Sonora Gulch project, Dawson Range: A Late Cretaceous evolution to the epithermal environment. In : Yukon Exploration and Geology 2009, K.E. MacFarlane, L.H. Weston and L.R. Blackburn (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 23-45

Bennett, V., Colpron, M., and Burke, M. 2010. Current thinking on Dawson Range tectonics and metallogeny. Yukon Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Report 2: 12. http://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/ygs/MR/MR-2/Current%20thinking%20on%20Dawson%20Range%20Tectonics%20and%20Metallogeny.pdf

Bineli Betsi, T. and Bennett, V., 2010. New U-Pb age constraints at Freegold Mountain: Evidence for multiple phases of polymetallic mid- to Late Cretaceous mineralization. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2009, K.E. MacFarlane, L.H. Weston and L.R. Blackburn (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 57-84.

Bennett, V., and Rivers, T. 2014. Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Metaturbidites from the Snare River Terrane, Slave Craton, NWT. Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, NWT Open Report 2014 -005, 37 pp.

Bennett, V. 2013b. Rackla Gold Project, East Central Yukon, Canada, Report 2013 – 001. U‐Pb Geochronology Report. Internal Report Prepared for: ATAC Resources Ltd, 1016‐510 Hastings St W, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1L8. 44 pp.

Halpin, J.A., Clarke, G.L., White, R.W., Gerakiteys, C.L., Kelly, N.M., Fitzherbert, J.A., Schroter, F.C., Bennett, V. and Carson, C.J. 2012. Solid geology of the Stillwell Hills, Antarctica (map), Geoscience Australia, Canberra [Technical Drawing].

V.A. Jackson, van Breemen, O., Ootes, L., Bleeker, W., Bennett, V., Davis, W.J., Ketchum, J.W.F. and Smar, L. 2013. U–Pb zircon ages and field relationships of Archean basement and Proterozoic intrusions, south-central Wopmay Orogen, NWT: implications for tectonic assignments. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013, 50(10): 979-1006.

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