Bob G CuffneyRobert "Bob" Cuffney is an exploration geologist, who has spent his 50+ year career exploring for mineral and energy resources around the world. He received his BSc degree in Geological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1972, but soon decied that engineering was too tame for him. He returned to Colorado School of Mines and completed studies to earn his MSc in Geology in 1977. From 1972 to 1975 he worked part-time for Exxon Minerals, conducting exploration for uranium in Colorado, Wyoming, and Alaska. He joined Exxon Minerals full-time in 1976 and spent nine years with the company exploring the western U.S. and Alaska for uranium, molybdenum, gold, and base-metals deposits. After leaving Exxon Minerals in 1985, Bob worked for Rio Algom Exploration, based in Reno, NV, pursuing acquisitions of advanced gold and silver projects in the U.S. That experience convinced him that working for bureaucratic major corporations did not suit him. He left Rio in 1987 to pursue a career as an independent consulting geologist working primarily for junior mining companies and the occasional major one. Working for a variety of clients has taken him to the wilds of the western U.S., Mexico, Chile, Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji, Mongolia, China, and Australia.During his career, Bob was a member of the Geological Society of America, the Society of Economic Geologists, the American Institute of Professional Geologists, and the Geological Society of Nevada, for which he served as Vice President, President, and Chairman of the 1990 Great Basin Symposium.Bob resides in Reno, Nevada but spends much of his time at his cabin in southwest Colorado enjoying the splendor of the San Juan Mountains, where he spent his first field season as an exploration geologist. He still works part-time, helping clients search for minerals - the essential building blocks of our society. Read More Read Less