Summary

Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited ("WGM") is one of Canada's longest running independent firms of geological and mining consultants. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the firm provides professional services to the global mineral resource industry, including exploration

Mineral exploration

Mineral exploration is the process of finding ore to mine. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organized and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is much more involved.-Stages...

 project management

Project management

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...

, property valuations, Mineral Resource and Reserve estimates, National Instrument 43-101

National Instrument 43-101

National Instrument 43-101 is a mineral resource classification scheme used for the public disclosure of information relating to mineral properties in Canada...

 and JORC technical reports, and due diligence

Due diligence

"Due diligence" is a term used for a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract, or an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations...

 reviews.

History

Established in 1962, the firm was co-founded by Murray Edmund Watts

Murray Edmund Watts

Murray Edmund Watts, was a Canadian mining engineer and prospector He is known for a series of important ore discoveries in the Arctic regions, beginning at the age of 22,and continuing through a long career....

, Arthur Thomas Griffis, and Jack McOuat. Both Mr. Watts and Mr. Griffis were inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame aims to recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the mining industry.It was conceived by Maurice R. Brown as a way to recognize and honor the legendary mine finders and builders of this Canadian industry. The Hall was established in 1988...

. WGM was a founding member of OMESE, the predecessor of CAMESE

CAMESE

The Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export is a Toronto-based trade organization supporting the export of Canadian mining exploration equipment and services to mining companies around the world...

 (Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export).

Toronto

8 King Street East, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1B5
Telephone: (416) 364-6244 Fax (416) 864-1675

Beijing

Unit 1107, Full Tower, 9 Dongshuan Zhong Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 100020
Telephone: 010-62241091

Affiliations

• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
  Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
  The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is a technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. It was founded in 1898. In 2006, the organization had 12,000 national members...
  
   (CIM)
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
• Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE)
• Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (ACEC)
• Consulting Engineers of Ontario
• Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AMEBC)
• China Mining Association
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
  Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
  The Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario governs the practice of Geoscientists in the province of Ontario, Canada....
  
   (APGO)
• Professional Engineers Ontario
  Professional Engineers Ontario
  Professional Engineers Ontario, PEO, is the self-regulatory body that governs Ontario's 73,000 professional engineers, and sets standards for and regulates engineering practice in the province. It has a statutory mandate under the Professional Engineers Act of Ontario to protect the public interest...
  
   (PEO)
• Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA)
• United Nations Global Compact