Mike Mlynarczyk - Qualifications

I deeply agree with the thought, on which Murray Hitzman commented a while ago (SEG Newsletter no.84) that: “He who sees the most rocks wins”, and I do concur with Brent Cook’s view that Ph.D. degrees don’t necessarily make good exploration geologists. Nevertheless, such degrees represent many years’ of very hard work, are a milestone in one’s never-ending learning process, and also are an achievement in which one should take pride. For this reason, as well as to encourage the younger generation to seek the exciting path to knowledge (as opposed to solely seeking ‘big bucks’), I chose to list my credentials below. I also wanted to take this opportunity to express my respect and gratitude to my two Alma Mater’s: the University of Warsaw in Poland and McGill University in Montreal, Canada, as well as to my respective mentors during my time in Academia: Prof. Andrzej Kozlowski and Prof. Anthony ‘Willy’ Williams-Jones.

• M.Sc. Degree Summa cum laude in Geology - University of Warsaw (Poland), 1996
• Ph.D. Degree in Economic Geology - McGill University, Montreal (Canada), 2005
• Professional Geologist (P.Geo.) certification from the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (Canada), 2006
• Professional Geologist (P.Geo.) certification from the Institute of Geologists of Ireland, 2009
• European Geologist (EurGeol.) certification from the European Federation of Geologists, 2009
• Polish ‘Geologist permit’ [Uprawnienia geologiczne, kategoria II], 2013

The learning process continues forever…