Stollery Professor in Mining and Geological Engineering

Director, Mineral Exploration Master's Program

Mike Doggett is cross appointed to the Department of Mining Engineering and the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering where he is the Stollery Professor and Director of the Mineral Exploration Master's Program. He received an honours degree in Geology from Mount Allison University in 1983. After a year of playing and coaching semi-pro hockey in France, he returned to school at Queen's University where he completed his M.Sc. in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1994. During this period and for the following several years he worked as a research associate at the Centre for Resource Studies and as an industry consultant. He completed a Canadian Securities Institute Certificate in 1988.

From 1997, Dr. Doggett has been teaching at Queen's University and running the Mineral Exploration Program. His main areas of teaching and research relate to the economic analysis of mineral exploration and acquisition at both corporate and industry-wide levels. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Doggett has carried out numerous consulting assignments for mining companies, governments and international agencies. He has offered professional development courses in more than a dozen countries training more than 700 industry professionals in the field of project evaluation.

Professor Doggett's research interests include:

• Geological, Economic and Political Aspects of the Canadian Gold Industry
• Discovery Costs for Economic Mineral Deposits
• Economic Aspects of Advances in Process Mineralogy
• The Relationship between Geological Quality and Economic Quality
• Financing Exploration and Mine Development
• Demographics Studies of Canadian Exploration Geologists
• Profitability in the Mining Industry: Examining Mergers and Acquisitions
• International Competitive Position for Investment in Mineral Projects
• Socio-economic Impact of Mining Development
• Mineral Policy and Mining Taxation Legislation

Professional Associations:

• Association of Geoscientists for International Development
• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum
• Mineral Economics and Management Society
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
• Society of Economic Geologists
• Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

Awards:

Robert Elver Mineral Economics Award, 2002, presented by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

2005 International Exchange Lecturer of the Society of Economic Geologists