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We are the WMS Team

The WMS Team has a working relationship that spans almost thirty years that include ten years on senior exploration leadership teams at Western Mining Corporation. Our complementary skills and experience cover the entire scope of the mineral exploration process. We have both technical and commercial experience in more than thirty-five countries.

Steven Bussey (BA, M.Sc, PhD, SGA)

Steve has more than forty years of experience in mineral exploration, including seventeen years as a partner in WMS. He is a distinguished field geologist and is an expert in the application of GIS to mineral exploration. His experience includes building structured GIS datasets for project evaluation, spatial data modeling for new target definition, and Read More

Jon Hronsky OAM (BAppSci, PhD)

Jon has more than forty years of experience in the global mineral exploration industry, primarily focused on project generation, technical innovation and exploration strategy development. He has worked across a diverse range of commodities and geographies, and has particular expertise in targeting for nickel sulfide and gold deposits. His targeting work led to the discovery Read More

Jeff Welborn (BA, JD)

Jeff has over fifty years’ experience in the mineral exploration industry – twenty-five years as a mining, oil & gas and natural resources lawyer in private practice; nine years in corporate senior management roles in WMC Resources Ltd; and nineteen years as a co-founder/partner at WMS. He assists WMS clients with commercial strategy development, program Read More

Specialties

  • Multi-Scale Targeting and Metallogenic Analysis
  • Exploration Strategy Development and Analysis
  • Advanced Mineral Exploration Training

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OUR MISSION

We formed Western Mining Services (WMS) in 2005 and our mission has always been simple:

We Help Our Clients Achieve Mineral Exploration Success!

We deliver and sound advice and training that are grounded in our extensive experience and our keen understanding of exploration systems.

  • We work globally from two bases: Denver, Colorado and Perth, Western Australia.
  • Our skills and experience cover all aspects of the mineral exploration process, both technical and commercial.
  • Collectively, we represent more than one hundred thirty years of hands-on mining industry work, including senior management experience in over 35 countries.

CONTACT US and let us work with you and your exploration team as your advisor, your trainer, your facilitator.

Western Mining Services LLC

7343 South Alton Way,
Suite 100

Centennial,
Colorado 80112
USA
Office: +1 303 770 0948

Western Mining Services Pty. Ltd.

Suite 26, Kobold House,
17 Prowse Street,

West Perth, WA6005
Australia.
Office: +61 (0)8 9322 4601

Contacts

Steve Bussey
+1 303 884 8337

steven.bussey@wesminllc.com

Jon Hronsky
+61 417992518

jon.hronsky@wesminllc.com

Jeff Welborn
+1 303 884 8325

jeff.welborn@wesminllc.com

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