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Meet Our Management Team

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Our geologists, engineers, scientists and technicians have the key experience and provide the necessary attention to detail which ensures that the goals set in your office are achieved in the field.

Doug Engdahl

Doug Engdahl

P.Geo.: President & CEO

Navdeep Toor

Navdeep Toor

Ph.D., P.Chem: Chief Operating Officer

TCoetzee

Tanya Coetzee

B.Sc.: VP Geophysics & Geomatics

Tyler Fiolleau

Tyler Fiolleau

P.Geo: Senior Geologist

Robert Friesen

Robert Friesen

M.Sc: VP Environment

Pieter Du Plessis

P.Geo.: Vice President Technology

Melissa Engdahl

Melissa Engdahl

MBA, MSW, RSW: Corporate Strategy and Community Relations

AFrisky

Allison Frisky

Office Manager

Lynde Guillaume

Lynde Guillaume

B.Sc: Senior Geologist

TBello

Babatunde Bello

B.Sc: Senior Geophysicist

Brandon Engdahl

Brendan Engdahl

Business Development Manager

DSlugoski

Darren Slugoski

P.Geo. : Senior Geologist

Jennifer Cowles

Ty Magee

M.Sc. Senior Geologist

Matthew Schwab

Robert Mohrbutter

B.Sc.: Exploration Geologist

Mikaela Miller

Mikaela Miller

B.Sc.: Exploration Geologist

JLafrenier

Jonathan LaFreniere

B.Sc.: Geologist & Geomatics Specialist

Karen Frisky

Chris Brown

B.Sc.: Senior Geophysicist

THinther

Taylor Hinther

A.Sc.T., C.G.T Geomatics Manager

JChevalier

Jonathan Chevalier

B.A.Sc., (EVSE): Environmental Engineer

G.V. Shankar

G.V. Shankar

M.Sc.: Senior Advisor

MAbuAli

Mahdi AbuAli

Ph.D.: Senior Advisor

VHobson

Vessela Hobson

Geophysicist

BFiolleau

Branden Fiolleau

UAV & Geomatics Specialist

jbalas

Jeff Balas

Exploration Geologist

LAnaka

Logan Anaka

Exploration Geologist

MAnderson

Mary Anderson

Sr. Geologist

JFriedrichsen

Jack Friedrichsen

GIS Analyst

TStanleyJones

Thomas Stanley-Jones

Manager of Technology

SKharal

Simranjit Kharal

Geomatics Technician

JMarit

Joel Marit

Exploration Geologist

MBartel

Mitchell Bartel

Geomatics Technician

JSchulte

James Schulte

Exploration Geologist

JCastellanos

Javiera Castellanos

Administrative Receptionist & Junior Bookkeeper

JHaskill

Julie Haskill

Marketing Coordinator

PJamieson

Patrick Jamieson

VP Energy Services

JScott

Jeff Scott

Coordinator/UAV Technologist, Logistics, Fleet & Warehouse

JMitchell

Joshua Mitchell

Project Manager & Geophysicist

CCubon

Craig Cubbon

Exploration Geologist

Max Kaczmer

Sr. Geologist

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Pieter Duplessis

Pieter is a Professional Geoscientist with education and experience in geology, chemistry, soil science, applied mathematics, terrain evaluation and satellite analysis, business administration, mineral exploration and corporate strategy. He also developed and applied Machine and Deep Learning models for a variety of agricultural, forestry and environmental rehabilitation applications.

He founded and sold a company performing satellite analysis for mineral exploration and developed novel Artificial Intelligence models to utilize satellite and soil sample data to quantify organic matter, nutrients and micronutrients in agricultural applications.

Pieter provides the Axiom Group with critical expertise for enhanced performance and efficiency in mineral exploration, advanced data analytics, data forecasting, project management, strategic operations and planning, financial modelling, probabilistic risk modelling, mining and milling portfolio optimization, mineral resource management and more.

Pieter is a Professional Geoscientist with Tertiary education in Geology, Chemistry, Soil Science, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Terrain Evaluation, including satellite analysis and Business Administration. His career started in the 1990’s where geological expertise and satellite analysis was applied to mineral exploration projects. He has a broad spectrum of international experience from mineral exploration to corporate strategy across several commodities, including gold, diamonds, uranium, coal, base metals, oil shales and mineral sands. Pieter managed US$100 million per annum exploration programs that employed over 300 people in Canada.

He founded and sold a company for satellite analysis on mineral exploration and developed novel Artificial Intelligence models to utilize satellite and soil sample data to quantify organic matter, nutrients and micronutrients in agricultural applications. He also developed Machine and Deep learning models for applications in forestry and environmental rehabilitation using satellite, helicopter and UAV based spectral data to identify tree and other vegetation species.

Pieter also developed novel Machine Learning models to quantify Kaolinite and Halloysite minerals from spectral data for a project in Australia, resulting in several orders of magnitude cost savings for the client and an international publication.

Mary Anderson

Mary has a B.Sc. from the University of Regina and a diploma in Business Administration from Saskatoon Business College. She has been in the exploration and mining industry for 15 years, including nine years as a Project Geologist in exploration and as Mine Geologist in underground and open pit mines.

Mary has an extensive background in operational management in gold and potash mine operations and diamond drill projects, as well as mine operating skills including supervision, resource modelling, grade control and short and long-term mine planning. Her primary experience is in Saskatchewan but she has also worked in Ontario, New Brunswick and Yukon.

Mahdi AbuAli

Ph.D.: Senior Advisor

Mahdi AbuAli has over thirty years of petroleum geology and exploration experience with Saudi Aramco, from which he took early retirement at the end of 2020. He is expert on risk and data analysis and managing exploration portfolios and he has a proven record of adding multi mmb oil and several tcf gas to Saudi Amramco’s annual exploration portfolio. His extensive proficiencies cover integrated petroleum systems analysis, basin modeling, organic petrography, surface geochemical exploration, source rock evaluation, R&D studies with high caliber institutes and universities, strategic planning, risk evaluation, integration of multidisciplinary G&G data, prospect and regional play fairway assessment and management of multi-cultural joint ventures.

Mahdi has carried out work on Paleozoic and Mesozoic basins, generating regional and sub-regional basin models and integrated petroleum system element fairway maps. His experience with international IOCs covered both technical and administrative roles of joint venture operations with Saudi Aramco, exploring for gas in the Rub’ Al Khali Basin from 2006 to 2010.

Mahdi was selected to transfer regional data and knowledge to the IOC’s data rooms during the licensing rounds in 2000-2004. These companies include Shell, Total, Eni, Repsol, ExxonMobil, Sinopec, and Lukoil, amongst others.

He has published key papers on the major carbonate and siliciclastic petroleum systems of Saudi Arabia and was considered the principal geochemist and petroleum system analyst in Saudi Aramco by both education and experience. His major publication was co-editing the AAPG Memoir #114 on Petroleum Systems Analysis-Case Studies, 2017.

Mahdi holds a US patent # 10,713,398 as a co-author (2020) and patent# 10,280,747 as a primary author (2019), plus a few other pending patents under application. He holds a Ph.D. in Geoscience from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, an M.Sc. in Geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines, US, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Currently, Mahdi is a senior advisor and consultant for Axiom Exploration Group Ltd. and Raphael Energy.