Sean Horan

Technical Manager of Geology and Principal Resource Geologist, SLR Consulting Canada

Sean Horan is the Technical Manager of Geology and Principal Resource Geologist at SLR Consulting Canada Ltd. (SLR).  He draws on his operational experience from diamond mining in Angola and underground gold mining in Ontario, Canada, as well as the multitude of international exploration projects and mining operations he has worked on and visited as a consultant with SLR. 

Sean manages and provides guidance to one of the largest global groups of resource geologists located in Europe, Africa and North and South America.  He has managed and executed large resource modelling projects, acted as Qualified Person for exploration and mining companies, authored numerous NI 43-101 Technical Reports, performed due diligence reviews related to project funding, mergers and acquisitions, and has been involved in various listings on Canadian and USA stock exchanges. 

Sean has a strong technical background in Mineral Resource estimation, experienced in applying advanced linear and non-linear modelling techniques to complex deposits and for many different commodity types and mineralization styles.  He is an expert in Datamine and Seequent’s Leapfrog software and has developed an open-source python package which allows for the interfacing between the python programming language and the Datamine Studio products.  

 Sean has provided practical Mineral Resource estimation courses in English and Spanish at the PDAC conference as well as workshops in Toronto and Sudbury for the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, a short course at the AME Roundup in Vancouver, an advanced Leapfrog Edge course in Spanish on behalf of Seequent Mexico, and a number of customized geostatistics training courses for SLR clients.