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Iceland is located midway between Europe and North America. With great infrastructure and more than 100 daily departures from the Icelandic international airport. The island is 103.000 km2 and the nation has a population of 330.000 people with a high education level, multilingual, enjoys high living standards and a thriving cultural scene.
Iceland is an ideal location for investors. The country is world-renowned for its economic advancement, technological innovation, social stability, simple, transparent regulation, and legal environment.
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Iceland has a relatively small mining industry and no metallic mines today. The legal framework is minimal and the administrative system is known for transparency and simplicity.

Our Team

Thordis Bjork has an extensive background in the management and directing of businesses. In her work, she has acquired considerable knowledge and experience of financial markets and investments.

​​​​​​​Thordis Bjork has conducted projects both in the field of new business ventures and the financing of companies and commercial property for undertakings that she has either founded herself or in partnership with other entities. She has a strong business development professional skilled in Business Process and financing project, both in Iceland and the UK.
Currently president of Dumasbancorp ULC, a corporate finance consultancy. Over 15 years in the financial industry consulting for foreign governments on international administration and strategic governance. Holds a Bachelor degree in International Relations, a Master degree in Public Administration.

​​​​​​​Founder and President of 701 Mining which sold all its assets to Argex Titanium in 2008, President of St-Georges Platinum from 2003 to 2013.
Kristín Ólafsdóttir was previously the CEO of Iceland Resources. She has worked in arctic region exploration at the project management and senior management levels.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science, a master’s degree in Public Administration and a diploma in financial economics.
Peter is a consulting geologist familiar with low and high-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver mineralized systems and related porphyries; he has over 35 years of experience in the exploration and mining industry. He has been involved in several projects from the discovery stage through resource estimation and into development and mining. He has held senior exploration roles in various companies and has been an independent consultant since 2000 with on-ground experience in Central and East Asia, Europe, West and North Africa, Australasia and the Pacific, and North and South America.

He has published several papers on gold mineralized systems in New Zealand, as well as numerous company technical reports and statutory reports, including NI43-101 technical reports. He is a Competent Person (CP) as defined by the JORC Code and a Qualified Professional (QP) under NI 43-101. He is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Alaska Miners Association, the American Exploration and Mining Association and has been a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists since 1997.
William recently completed his MS degree in Geology at the University of Iceland, where he focussed on the source of mineral clusters found in the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland using patrology, thermobarometry, and rare earth elements.
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William has experience in field operations, including mapping projects in Iceland, California, and Hawaii. He has used his drone pilot license to produce 3D models of outcrops and has an extensive background in GIS applications. William has been working with Iceland Resources since early 2022 and has recently started his own geological contracting business.
Halldór graduated with a BSc in Geology from the University of Iceland in 2021. He joined Iceland Resources in 2022, and along with his work for the company, he is completing an MSc with a focus on greenfield exploration of epithermal gold deposits in Iceland.

Halldór has extensive geological and geographical knowledge of Iceland; in 2021, he was employed on the geological mapping team at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, where he participated in a regional geological mapping effort of east Iceland and aerial photography for 3D mapping.
Member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists, Geological Society of Nevada, Arizona Geological Society, and Society of Economic Geologists.

​​​​​​​25 years of experience in base and precious metal mineral exploration.
BSc Hon geology from University of St.Andrews Scotland 1968-1972.
PhD in geology from Edinburgh University, Scotland. 1973-1978. 
Expertise in mapping of volcanic terrain, geothermal systems and gold exploration in Iceland. 
Employment: National Energy Authority and later at Iceland GeoSurvey from 1975 to 2017 as chief geologist.

​​​​​​​Part time lecturer and supervisor to students at United Nation University, University of Iceland  and University of Reykjavik. Author of numerous papers on geology, geothermal science and gold exploration. Intermittently involved for 35 years in exploration for gold in Iceland for Malmis and Melmi Ltd. Private consultancy in mineral exploration since official retirement in 2017. 
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