M. Fayard is an engineer in geology (UniLasalle, 2016), he holds a professional master’s degree in mineral exploration (UQAC, 2016) as well as a research master’s degree (UQAC, 2020). From 2016 to 2018, he worked with the SOQUEM team on prospecting and mapping work in the Chibougamau-Chapais area on gold and base metal mineralization. He also participated in several drilling campaigns on the B26 VMS deposit in the Selbaie mining camp. At the same time, he was carrying out his research master’s degree on this deposit on the precious metal endowment theme of Archean VMS, which he completed in early 2020.

In 2019, he joined our team for a drilling contract aimed at exploring VMS deposits in the Matagami mining camp. Since 2020, he has participated in several gold exploration projects in the James Bay and Normétal areas, and is currently in charge of the Perron gold project (Amex Exploration). As a native of New Caledonia, he also has experience in exploring nickeliferous regolith-type deposits. Mr. Fayard is passionate about geology and very rigorous in his work. He has acquired, through his field and research experiences, solid skills in geological mapping, metallogeny of volcanogenic and auriferous deposits, and lithogeochemistry.