His assignments have covered activities in Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Canada and the USA. Mr Forslund commenced with SGU in 1966 and during the period 2003 2007 Mr Forslund was Regional Manager of the Geological Survey of Swedens Mineral Resources Information Office in Mala, Sweden (www.sgu.se). SGUs branch office Mala serves as a one-stop information office for all those conducting exploration in Sweden. Mr Forslund was a founding shareholder and President of MALÅ GeoScience (www.malags.com) between 1994 and 1998. MALÅ is currently the global leader in the design and manufacture of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems. From 1999-2003 Mr Forslund was also project manager for Georange (www.georange.se) , a non-profit organization whose main task is to expand the concept of "development" in the mining and minerals industry in Sweden. Georange has today about 50 members from municipalities, organizations, Universities and private companies. Whilst involved with the Georange project, Mr Forslund was responsible for the raising of approximately SEK100 million from various organisation and governments including the European Union to fund Georange activities. Mr Forslund has an extensive network of contacts through Scandinavia covering geophysicists, geologists, drilling companies, government and industry. He was responsible for the Sweden Geological Surveys active participation at the Prospectors and Developers Conference (otherwise known as PDAC) in Toronto, Canada.