Greg Ashcroft, M.Sc, G.I.T, ACP

Unleashing Business Potential through Database Management, Integration and Analytics for the Mineral Resource Industry

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

About

With a passion for exploration and a drive to understand the unknown depths of our world, I have spent the past decade contributing geological and project management expertise to both small and large-scale projects in mineral exploration. I firmly believe that responsible stewardship of our planet's resources is essential to building a better tomorrow for future generations. As a result, I am dedicated to sound data stewardship through management and analysis, which enables data-driven business decisions that maximize the value of our resources while minimizing their impact on the environment.

Experience

  • Data Manager at Fireweed Metals
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Working with acQuire, developing and delivering end-user training on-site. Evaluate and improve data collection workflows through mitigaging manual user input. Use MS Sql to develop queries for data engineering, data analysis and user requests. Build and implement dashboards for project, core shack and core processing management.

  • Technology Advisor at acQuire Technology Solutions
    Jun 2020 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Provide acQuire's 400+ sites with customer support, training, guidance and onsite services in North America. By going above and beyond is what I focus on to ensure end users and our clients receive the most value with their GIM solution.

  • President/Exploration Geologist at Solaris Exploration
    Jun 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Providing expertise and experience from greenfield to brownfield exploration programs. June 2018 - Prospecting for Lithium in Southeastern Manitoba July 2018-May 2020 - Prospecting, core logging and data manager/GIS for Juggernaut and Goliath Resources in Terrace BC (VMS, Gold, Copper Porphyry) November 2018 - January 2019- Project Geologist for Sego! Resources (Copper Porphyry) June 2019- May 2020- Drill Project Geologist, Implement QAQC protocols and validate laboratory data, data manager (VMS and Cu-Mo-Au porphyry) November 2019- March 2020 - Data manager for Luckystrike Resources (now GoldenSky Minerals)

  • University of Manitoba (5 yrs 5 mos)
    • M.Sc Candidate
      Jan 2015 - May 2020 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Geochronology and Geochemistry of the End Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada

    • Teacher Assistant
      Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      My role as the Teacher assistant was to help students partaking in the lab portion of the course with hand specimen identification as well going over basic principles in sedimentology. This job also required preparing the lab before instruction and disassembly.

    • Teacher Assistant
      Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

      My role as the Teacher assistant was to help students partaking in the lab portion of the course with mineral identification as well going over basic principles in crystallography and optical mineralogy. This job also required preparing the lab before instruction and disassembly and involved marking assignments.

  • Core logging geologist at McEwen Mining Inc.
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2020 · 5 mos

    Log diamond drill core for grey fox exploration camp. Initiated compiling and cataloging historical records in field office.