Canstar Resources (TSX-V:ROX) has appointed Dr Stephen J Piercey to its technical and advisory board.
The company says the appointment further strengthens Canstar’s technical capabilities and underscores its dedication to data-driven, scientifically rigorous exploration in one of Canada’s most prolific but underexplored volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) districts.
Piercey is recognised for his expertise in VMS mineralisation, particularly within the Newfoundland Appalachians.
The company says this will be a significant asset to Canstar’s expanding exploration programs and its recently announced C$11.5 million strategic joint venture with VMS Mining Corporation (VMSC).
Piercey will support Canstar’s technical team as the company advances its exploration efforts in partnership with VMSC.
The recently launched JV targets underexplored areas within the Buchans-Mary March VMS corridor, an area that has yielded some of the highest-grade polymetallic mineralisation globally.
Piercey is a University Research Professor and Full Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), where he leads the Piercey Research Group and a consulting geologist with Piercey Geosciences Inc.
An expert in economic geology, he specialises in lithostratigraphy, volcanology, hydrothermal alteration, and geochemistry – applying integrated field, petrographic, lithogeochemical and microanalytical techniques to understanding VMS, orogenic gold, uranium, and other base-metal systems.
Piercey has secured over C$9 million in research funding, published extensively (100+ peer-reviewed papers, government reports, technical guides), supervised more than 50 graduate students and post-docs, and previously served as the NSERC-Altius Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Deposits.
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