Shawn is Canada’s most famous prospector. He grew up in Timmins, Ontario, and began his career in exploration in the early 80’s working with Kidd Creek Mine’s geophysics team and various other contracting firms. He moved to the Yukon in 1990 and settled in Dawson City. In 1996, after perfecting the art of mushroom picking, he decided to try his luck as a gold prospector. He initially focused his attention on the Dawson District, searching for the source of all the alluvial gold in that area. Success came quickly for Shawn as he was named Yukon Chamber of Mines Prospector-of-the-Year in 1998. His unique soil sampling techniques would ultimately lead him to the discovery of multiple significant gold deposits including the prolific Coffee discovery acquired by Goldcorp in 2016 when the major bought out Kaminak Gold for $520 million. Shawn turned his attention to Newfoundland in 2015 and was instrumental in the island’s Gold Rush that started in 2021 and continues today. Extensive research led him to pursue lithium for the first time in his career, starting in under-explored Nunavik.