• Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and a group of international banks: Independent Engineer, audit of the feasibility study and monitoring of construction of the Louvicourt Copper Mine in northwestern Québec. This assignment involved quarterly site visits from 1992 to 1995, annual status reports, and certification of completion. The project is owned by Aur Resources, Teck Corporation, and Novicourt Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda.
  
  
• Bank of Montreal: audit of feasibility study and monitoring of construction of the Namew Lake Nickel Mine in northern Manitoba. The mine was a joint venture between Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting and Outokumpu.
  
  
• Bank of Nova Scotia: Independent Engineer, monitoring construction of the Sä Dena Hes Zinc-Lead Mine in the Yukon. This assignment involved an initial audit of the Feasibility Study, monthly site visits, annual reserve audits, and issuance of project certificates. The project was owned by Curragh Resources and Hillsborough Resources.
  
  
• Bankers Trust, Bank of Montreal, and Union Bank of Switzerland: Technical due diligence review of the gold operations of Royal Oak Mines in connection with financing of Royal Oak's attempted takeover bid for Lac Minerals. The review covered ore reserves, mining, processing, and environmental aspects of four mining operations across Canada.
  
  
• Bank of Nova Scotia: Technical due diligence review of the Bullfrog Gold Project in Nevada prior to startup of operations. The assignment covered ore reserves, mining and processing aspects.
  
  
• Freewest Resources: Audit of ore reserves and feasibility study prepared by Hemlo Gold Mines on the Holloway Gold Project in northeastern Ontario, currently being developed for production.
  
  
• Kilborn Engineering: Audit of reserves at the Omai Gold Project, Guyana, as part of the Kilborn feasibility study for bank financing. Omai is a large open pit gold mine developed by Cambior and Golden Star.
  
  
• Bank of Montreal: Independent auditing of oxide copper ore reserves at the large El Abra Copper Project of Cyprus Amax in northern Chile.
  
  
• Buryatzoloto Gold Mines: Technical review of the Zun-Holba Mine and Irokinda Mine gold reserves, mining aspects and processing operations in southern Siberia, for the Russian Project Finance Bank. RPA's report was part of a technical due diligence for bank financing of a capital expansion program.
  
  
• Dresdner Bank: audit of feasibility study and monitoring of construction of the Andacollo Copper Project in Chile, owned by Canada Tungsten Inc. and Cia. Minera del Pacifico.
  
  
• Credit Lyonnais and Bank of Nova Scotia: audit of feasibility study and monitoring of construction of the New Britannia Mine in northern Manitoba. This gold mine is a joint venture between TVX Gold Inc. and High River Gold Inc.
  
  
• Selbaie Copper-Zinc Mine, northern Quebec: due diligence audit of ore reserves, open pit and underground mining, on site processing, and environmental and permitting aspects for acquisition of an interest by Billiton.
  
  
• Standard New York, Inc.: Technical due diligence of the Farley Lake Mine of BlackHawk Mining Inc. near Lynne Lake, Manitoba.
  
  
• Standard New York, Inc.: Technical due diligence of the Madsen Mine of Madsen Gold Corp. near Red Lake, northwestern Ontario.

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