Ross McElroy Fission President, COO and Technical Team Leader

For those of you that don’t already know Fission Ross McElroy is Fission Uranium’s president, COO and chief geo. He has racked up over 30 years as a professional geologist and spent his early years in the industry with the Majors including Areva, Cameco and BHP and moved over to the junior exploration space in 2003. Ross McElroy has had a huge impact on the uranium exploration sector, with his first break coming as part of the small geo team that made the McArthur River discovery (the world’s largest high grade discovery). He went on to be instrumental in five of the last nine major discoveries in the Athabasca Basin, including of course the two discoveries make by the Fission team – the J-Zone at Waterbury Lake and Patterson Lake South (PLS).

The time he spent with the Majors has given Ross McElroy a particular edge that many other Geos in the junior mining space don’t have. He’s an explorer yes, but he’s also had experience of every aspect of the mining industry – from concept through to mine construction and production. He understands how the Majors think and act – what they want in a discovery and from the Juniors that they work with. As an exploration company, this sort of knowledge and experience is invaluable.

Another great thing about Ross McElroy is he truly loves his work. In a recent interview with Stockhouse he likened the challenge of finding uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin to finding a pirate’s treasure chest. I’ve also found that when you combine this sort of passion with a high level skillset you end up with a great deal of success. If you look at his track record I think you’ll agree that success and Ross McElroy have gone hand in hand for some time.

You can find out more on Ross McElroy on the Fission website.

Dev Randhawa