Circum Vitae 

 

MATTHEW W. DOWNEY

            EDUCATION:

            University of Waterloo         Waterloo, Ontario         June 2003 – April 2006                     

            M.Sc. Earth Sciences - Geology

            Focus on Precambrian geology, structural geology, tectonics, and geochronology.

            Thesis title: “The Structural Geology, Kinematics, and Timing of Deformation at the Superior 
            Craton Margin, Gull Rapids, Manitoba”

            Supervisor: Dr. Shoufa Lin

            Relevant Coursework: Precambrian Geology, Advanced Structural Geology, Pluton Emplacement Mechanisms, 
            and Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits

            Thesis online: http://etheses.uwaterloo.ca/display.cfm?ethesis_id=705

 

            University of Toronto             Toronto, Ontario             September 1998 – June 2002                  

            Honours BSc. Geology

            Focus on Precambrian geology, structural geology and tectonics, mineral deposit geology, and 
            igneous and metamorphic petrology.

            Thesis title: “Macro-structural analysis of the Little Skootamatta Shear Zone, Grenvillian Central 
            Metasedimentary Belt, southeastern Ontario”

            Supervisor: Dr. W.M. Schwerdtner

            Relevant Coursework: Mineralogy and Petrology, Geomorphology, Regional Geology, Field Hydrogeology, 
            Introductory and Advanced Structural Geology, Metamorphic Petrology, Sedimentary Geology, 
            Introductory and Advanced Igneous Petrology, Introductory and Advanced Field Mapping, Geophysics, 
            Mineral Deposits

 

 

 

            GEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE:

 

            Noront Resources Inc.                                                                                                   
            Toronto, Ontario                                September 2008 – present                                                   

            Geologist, GIS, Data Manager 

 

                                                                                            

            Geosoft Inc.                                                                                                   
            Toronto, Ontario                                August 2006 – July 2008                                                   

            Technical Support Representative                                               

Provide functional and technical support to clients/users on necessary actions required to achieve resolution of software issues. As well, 
            I conduct software testing, and training for clients/users. On a daily basis, I am in communication with other geoscientists, and help provide 
            technical and analytical data and project solutions for them and their company.

            Supervisor: Samir Ladha
            Past Supervisor: Tom Cuthbertson

 

 

            SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.                                                                       
            Vancouver, B.C.; Field Location: Iliamna, Alaska            May – June 2006

            Geotechnical & Geological Drill Core Logger

            Responsible for detailed geotechnical logging of diamond drill core for Northern Dynasty Mines Inc. Pebble Project.

            Supervisor: Bruce Murphy (SRK)

 

          

            University of Waterloo / Manitoba Geological Survey                           
            Waterloo, Ontario; Field Location: Gillam, Manitoba            June 2003 – May 2006     

            Research Assistant / Project Geologist


            Responsible for a detailed structural and geochronological analysis of a portion of the Superior Boundary Zone 
            in northern Manitoba. The summers of 2003 and 2004 were spent at the joint Manitoba Hydro / Manitoba 
            Geological Survey Gull Rapids camp in northern Manitoba, where geological mapping and extensive sample 
            and structural data collection took place. The work was in conjunction with the Manitoba Geological Survey 
            and the University of Alberta. Currently I am working on a paper based on my thesis work for journal publication.

            Project geologists: Christian Bφhm, Tim Corkery (Manitoba Geological Survey)

 

 

            University of Waterloo                                                                                    
            Waterloo, Ontario                                        January 2004 – May 2005        

            Teaching Assistant

            Courses: Introduction to Structural Geology (January-April 2004 and 2005), Geological Methods in Field Mapping 
            (late April-Early May 2004 and 2005).

            Supervisor/Professor: Dr. Shoufa Lin

 

            Ironbark International / Aquiline Resources                                        
            Sudbury, Ontario                                        October 2002 – January 2003

            Drill Geologist

            Employed by Ironbark International on a contract with Aquiline Resources. I was a drill/junior 
            geologist for Aquiline's 2002 River Valley drill program. My duties included geological mapping, 
            drill set-up and preparation, drill core logging (roughly 2000 metres), and report writing.

            Supervisor: Martin Walter

 

            Ontario Geological Survey                                                                        
            Timmins, Ontario                                        September 2002 – October 2002      

            Senior Assistant 1 (S1)

            I worked with the survey as a senior assistant with a crew working on a geological compilation map of Deloro Township, 
            just south of Timmins, Ontario, in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. My duties included help in planning traverses, finding and 
            mapping rock outcrops, air photo interpretation, using compass, GPS, and ATV’s for mapping purposes, making 
            geological decisions (i.e. lithology, structure), digitizing outcrops onto Autocad, entering data into Autocad and Fieldlog, 
            and compiling assessment files from the Resident Geologists Office in South Porcupine, Ontario. 

            Project geologist: Lindsay Hall

 

            Department of Geology, University of Toronto         
            Toronto/Tweed, Ontario                                        June 2001 – June 2002 

            Geological Research and Field Assistant

            I worked with Dr. Fried Schwerdtner and his graduate students John Burke and Sharyn Alexander as a research and field 
            assistant during a project on the structural geology of the Mazinaw Domain, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province. 
            Field assistantship was done during the 2001 field season. I also began work on my own 4th year undergraduate thesis 
            project during that time period.
            
                                                                                           

            Department of Geology, University of Toronto             
            Toronto, Ontario                                                   January 2001 – July 2001 

            Geological Research Assistant

            I worked on a Western Superior Transect LITHOPROBE project with Dr. Fried Schwerdtner, Dr. P.Y.F. Robin, and 
            Seema Ahmad, all of the Department of Geology, as a research assistant. The project involved the structural analysis of 
            pegmatite-aplite dike sets of the southern central Wabigoon Subprovince, Western Superior Province, Ontario. My duty 
            was to computer process field data from the 1999 and 2000 field seasons using structural geology software, Microsoft Excel, 
            Microsoft Word, Autocad, and FieldLog.

            Supervisors: Dr. Schwerdtner and Dr. Robin

 

            Ontario Geological Survey                                                                        
            Timmins, Ontario                                                 May 2000 – August 2000         

            Junior Assistant 1 (J1)

            I worked with the survey as a junior assistant in a field camp near Timmins, Ontario, in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. 
            The project was to produce a geological compilation map of the Ogden and Bristol townships, which are townships 
            just west of the city of Timmins. My duties included traversing in the bush using compass and GPS, locating rock 
            outcrops, taking samples, taking field notes and photos, air photo interpretation, organizing samples at the end of the 
            day, compiling assessment files from the Resident Geologists Office in South Porcupine, Ontario, and working with 
            AutoCad and FieldLog on the computer, inputting information gathered during the day in the field and digitizing 
            outcrops from airphotos to maps. Other duties included basic field camp necessities, such as cooking and cleaning.

            Project geologist: Christine Vaillancourt

 

 

            OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:



            July 1999 – August 1999; Hamilton, Ontario               Driver and delivery assistant, Pepsi Co. Bottling Group

            May 1999 – June 1999; Oakville, Ontario                   General labourer, warehouse assistant, Willpak Industries

            June 1998 – August 1998; Burlington, Ontario            Farm-hand, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

            July 1997 – September 1997; Burlington, Ontario       General labourer, Norrell Services Inc.

 

 

            TRAINING:

·         Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe (SHRIMP) – Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario       

·         Emergency First Aid with CPR “B” Course – Waterloo, Ontario

·         Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) course – Waterloo, Ontario

·         Boating Safety Course held by the Canadian Coast Guard – Toronto, Ontario

·         Ontario Geological Survey All-Terrain-Vehicle (ATV) course – Sudbury, Ontario

·         Microprobe, Atomic Absorption (AA), Atomic Emission (AE), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Ion Chromatography (IC), and Gas Chromatography (GC) – Department of Geology, University of Toronto

·        Computer skills – Geosoft (Oasis Montaj, Target), ArcGIS, Windows, Macintosh, CorelDraw, Autocad, Fieldlog, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Stereoplot, Stereonet, Isoplot, Igpet

 

 

         STUDENT GOVERNMENT:


            Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo                January 2004 – January 2005                 

            President of the Earth Sciences Graduate Association.



            Department of Geology, University of Toronto                             September 1999 – June 2002                                

            Social co-ordinator in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, and president in 2001-2002 of the Undergraduate Geology Association.

 

        

            AWARDS:

            University of Waterloo:                                                        

            David Zaharchuk Memorial Bursary (2005)
            University of Waterloo Graduate Student Bursary (2004–2005)
            University of Waterloo Retirees’ Award Fund (2004–2005)
            University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship (2004–2005)

 

            

            MEMBER:



            · Geological Association of Canada        

            · Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada        

            · Canadian Tectonics Group        

 

 

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