Kris Raffle P.Geo.

Principal

Kris received his B.Sc. (Honours Geology) from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and has been a Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with the Engineers & Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) since 2007. Kris’ technical experience includes over 20 years of work on Achaean/Orogenic lode gold, copper-gold porphyry, Carlin gold, epithermal, volcanic-hosted massive sulphide, magmatic Ni-Cu PGE, intrusion-hosted rare earth element, and placer gold deposits; in addition to the kimberlite-diamond exploration and evaluation throughout North America. Since joining APEX in 2003, he has provided geologic consulting services including NI 43-101 technical reports, due diligence property evaluation, exploration program design, and project management. Kris is a Principal of APEX Geoscience Ltd., and manages the Vancouver office exploration activities and personnel, and provides geologic consulting services for clients throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Services Provided

  • Project design, management, and execution
  • Business development
  • Sample collection
  • Prospecting
  • Drill core logging
  • Exploration targeting via geological mapping, data interpretation
  • Technical Report Writing
  • Assessment Report Writing

Deposit Styles

  • Archean and Carlin-type gold (Canada and USA)
  • Orogenic lode gold (Canada, USA)
  • Gold-silver epithermal (Canada, USA, Mexico)
  • Copper-gold porphyry (Canada, USA, Mexico)
  • Carbonatite and peralkaline intrusion hosted REE (Canada, Mexico)
  • Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (Canada, Fiji)
  • Base metal skarn (Mongolia)
  • Kimberlite-hosted diamond (Canada and the United States)
  • Mississippi Valley Type Pb-Zn, Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu (Canada)
  • Magmatic nickel-copper PGE (Canada)
  • Epithermal gold-silver (Mexico, Canada, Fiji)
  • Sn-Zn-Cu Skarn (Mongolia)