John Kirakar

John Kirakar is a Papua New Guinean geologist with 34 years of professional experience and worked in all regions of PNG since 1981, including several field periods in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. He has extensive and varied mineral exploration experience with epithermal gold-silver, porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum, copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold skarns, nickel-Cobalt, and Coal and Platinum-rich PGM mineral deposit types and has worked throughout PNG for companies with Esso, City Resources, CRA Exploration, Elders Resources, Annapurna, Dolerite Mining, Highlands Gold, Highlands Pacific, Ok Tedi Mining, New Guinea Gold Corp, Cybele Resources, Papuan Precious Metals, Newcrest Mining, Pacific Mining Partners, Frontier Resources and Quintessential Resources. Mr Kirakar is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. He is able to do research, generate and prioritize mineral exploration targets, collate & submit exploration tenements for new areas, and engage in outstanding public relation work with customary landowners in their respective mineral project areas.