Daniel J. McKinnon,
dmckinnon@mpxgeophysics.com
President

Daniel started working in the mining industry in 1993 as an underground miner in the famous massive base metal sulphide mines of Brunswick and Heath Steele of New Brunswick, Canada. With the downturn on the mining industry in the late 1990’s, Daniel moved to Ontario and was employed by Compressario of Newmarket as Production Manager and Field Customer Services Manager. In 2001, Daniel became involved in geophysical survey operations first with Geotech of Aurora, Canada, a provider of time-domain electromagnetic helicopter surveys and more recently as a Senior Project Manager and Geophysical Technician for the various electromagnetic, radiometric and magnetic systems employed. In February 2006 Daniel co-founded MPX Geophysics Inc. in order to provide efficiently managed projects and high-quality products to the airborne geophysical industry. In 2007 he spearheaded reorganizing the company in order to form MPX Geophysics Ltd. as an employee directed company that specializes in magnetic and radiometric airborne surveys. Daniel is a member of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada. He has worked in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, South America, and Europe.

John Currie,
jcurrie@mpxgeophysics.com
VP Business Development

John has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology – Physics from the University of New Brunswick.  He started his geophysics career in 1990 with Schlumberger of Canada as a Senior Field Engineer, responsible for wireline logging of oil and gas wells in western Canada.  In 1993, John joined Sander Geophysics Limited as a Geophysicist responsible for QC and processing of airborne magnetic, radiometric, and VLF-EM data in Canada and South America. From 1995 until 2000, John worked for Scintrex Ltd. as a Geophysicist/Project Manager. He was responsible for acquiring and processing high-resolution airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, radiometric, and VLF-EM data and was also responsible for field crew management, data QC, and field data interpretation on helicopter and fixed wing geophysical airborne surveys internationally. From 2001 until 2002, John worked for Aero Surveys Inc. as a Geophysicist/Project Manager on international airborne geophysical surveys.  From 2003 until 2008, he worked for McPhar Geosurveys Ltd. as Senior Geophysicist/Project Manager, and became more involved in management of international airborne surveys, logistics, staff recruiting and training, and Latin American sales.  He also was responsible for providing training to clients internationally on airborne data processing procedures.   Most recently John worked for Geotech Ltd. as Client Relations Manager and General Manager – Mexico, where he was responsible for airborne survey sales in Mexico and Central America. John has 19 years of experience in the geophysical survey industry, has managed all phases of numerous airborne geophysical surveys, and has participated extensively as an expert in various in-house geophysical training programs and in providing instructional seminars for government and private industry delegations.   John has worked throughout North and South America, the Middle East and India and speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Patrick Healy,
pathealy@mpxgeophysics.com
VP Operations
Senior Project Manager

Pat has an Electronics Technician Certificate from the Royal Australian Army Trades School. He served in the Royal Australian Army as an Electronics Technician from 1980 to 1988, responsible for the installation and maintenance of HF, VHF and UHF radio systems. After leaving the army Pat worked for a few years as a radio technician in Australia for several companies and joined Kevron Geophysics Pty Ltd., Perth, Western Australia in 1993 as an Operator / Party Leader, where he worked until 1999. His responsibilities included operation and maintenance of airborne geophysical acquisition equipment in both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, monitoring quality of data and production of QC reports/products for presentation to clients, supervision of field crews and liaison with Client representatives. From 1999 to 2003 Pat worked for GeoInstruments Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia an airborne geophysical survey contractor, performing duties very similar to those described above at Kevron. Pat joined another airborne geophysics company in early 2004 as a Senior Technician/Operator, responsible for the installation and operation of airborne geophysical systems in fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. He is a skilled technician, has many years supervisory experience on geophysical survey crews, and has excellent computer skills. He has worked extensively in Australia, Canada, South-east Asia, Romania and Greenland.

Tonia Bojkova, M. Sc.
tbojkova@mpxgeophysics.com
Senior Geophysicist

Tonia received her first Master of Science degree in Engineering Geophysics at the University of Mining and Geology in Sofia, Bulgaria, where her thesis research was focused on the integration and interpretation of high resolution magnetic and radiometric data collected over southeastern Bulgaria. The best method to determine regional magnetic models without the influence from local anomalies was investigated during her second Master of Science degree that was obtained in Applied Mathematics at the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tonia entered the industry in 1980 as a geophysicist for the Bulgarian government collecting, processing, and analyzing airborne radiometric and magnetic data while also performing gamma-ray monitoring of Bulgaria after the Chernobyl NPP fallout. While working for the Airborne Geophysical Survey (AGS) Ltd. - High-Sense joint venture from 1992 to 2000, Tonia added survey planning, quality control (QC), and supervision to her geophysical skill set, while continuing to develop her geophysical processing experience. During the last decade Tonia has held senior roles working for Fugro (U.K.), another geophysics contractor and now MPX Geophysics. Tonia has 26 years of continuous experience in the geophysical survey industry with extensive experience processing and interpreting airborne magnetic, radiometric, and electromagnetic (EM) data. This includes working both in and out of the field with a variety of QA/QC protocols, processing geophysical data and preparation of final map products, geophysical interpretations and/or reports for clients.

Christina Clark, M. Sc., PGeo.
cclark@mpxgeophysics.com
Geophysicist

Christina attended McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and obtained her M.Sc. in Geology in 2004 and a B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences in 2002. In 2000 she was a Co-op Student at the environmental engineering firm SENES Consultants Limited, Richmond Hill, Ontario where she was involved in researching and evaluating information on project specific environmental and mining issues for Environmental Assessment preparation, as well as the design and compilation of project specific user-friendly databases. Her Masters thesis research involved integrating sedimentological, geophysical and geochemical techniques to identify proxy indicators to further understand environmental change, which has provided a strong foundation in environmental geophysics. Christina began her career as an Applied Geophysics Research Assistant to Dr. William Morris at McMaster University in 2004 to aid innovative potential-field based research through theoretical, field-based and experimental approaches. In December 2004 she visited an international group conducting petrophysical analyses of core from Lake Bosumtwi impact crater (Ghana) at the International Contental Drilling Program (ICDP) facility, GFZ Institute, Potsdam, Germany. Christina joined the geophysics industry in 2005 as a Geophysicist responsible for undertaking QC and processing of airborne and ground geophysical data in the field and in the office. She has worked in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Germany.