ARKENSTONE EXPLORATION – Exploring for the Heart of the Mountain

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EXPLORATION SERVICES

Strategic Geological Insight for Exploration Decisions

I help explorers, developers, and investment teams cut through complexity by turning geological data into confident decisions. From early-stage targeting to permitting strategy, I bring clarity to uncertainty and translate science into action.

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What I Do

  • Geological interpretation and targeting to reduce uncertainty in mineral exploration programs
  • Permitting, land access, and regulatory strategy support to keep projects moving and defensible
  • Technical review, second opinions, and risk framing for investors and teams
  • Integration of historical data, field observations, and modern datasets into coherent models

My work is focused on early clarity—helping teams avoid costly missteps by aligning geology, land, and strategy before capital is committed.

I’m most often brought in when projects reach an inflection point—when the geology matters, the land matters, and decisions must be made with incomplete information.

Experience across uranium, critical minerals, precious metals, and exploration projects from early targeting through advanced stages in the western United States.

Exploring for the Heart of the Mountain!

Arkenstone Exploration: A Reliable and Professional Partner for Mineral Exploration

Mineral exploration is rarely limited by a lack of data. More often, it’s constrained by uncertainty—geological, regulatory, land-related, or strategic—at moments when decisions carry real cost. My work through Arkenstone Exploration focuses on helping teams navigate those moments with clear, defensible geological insight.

Arkenstone Exploration provides geological and advisory support across the exploration lifecycle, from early-stage targeting through advanced evaluation. Services include geological interpretation, field mapping and sampling, data integration, technical review, and reporting—delivered with an emphasis on decision relevance rather than volume of output.

A defining strength of my work is the ability to operate at the intersection of geology, land access, and permitting realities. Many projects succeed or fail not because of the rocks alone, but because technical understanding isn’t aligned early enough with real-world constraints. I’m often engaged to help teams test assumptions, refine direction, and frame risk before capital or momentum is committed.

I’m a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) with more than two decades of experience in mineral exploration and mining across the western United States. My background spans uranium, critical minerals, and precious metals, with experience ranging from grassroots exploration to operating and advanced-stage projects. That breadth informs a pragmatic approach grounded in what actually moves projects forward.

Services

Services are tailored to project stage and decision context, from early opportunity screening to advanced technical review.

PROPERTY REVIEW

Independent geological review to test assumptions, identify risk, and clarify next steps before capital is committed.

GREENFIELD EXPLORATION

Early-stage targeting and concept development where geological insight matters most—and data is limited.

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STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Structural interpretation focused on controls on mineralization and implications for targeting and drill strategy.

RESOURCE & DATA EVALUATION

Critical evaluation of geological data, models, and assumptions to support defensible project decisions.

PROSPECTING

Field-based reconnaissance and opportunity screening informed by regional context and exploration experience.

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