R. Barry Cook, M.Sc., P.Eng. Email: Barry Cook is an Associate Consulting Geologist with RPA. Mr. Cook had a successful 34 year career as an exploration geologist with Cominco Ltd, rising to the position of Manager, Exploration, Eastern Canada. While with Cominco, he had extensive experience throughout Eastern and Northern Canada, Greenland, Western Europe, and Southern Africa. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of geological models and geological terrains. The various commodity groups and deposits that he has worked on include Cu, Cu-Pb-Zn, Pb-Zn, Au, Ni, PGE, and U. Since retirement Mr Cook has been active in consulting with client firms including Noranda, Teck Cominco, Phelps Dodge, and RTZ.
Mr. Cook has a B.Sc. (Eng.) and M.Sc. (Eng.) from Queen's University. He is registered as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and as a Professional Engineer/ Professional Geologist in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. He is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada, and a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. He also has a working knowledge of French.