Who we are:
Exploration Direction is a provider of geological and management services to the mineral exploration industry with a focus on early-stage exploration for base-metals and gold.
We assist clients to develop and progress exploration projects ensuring that procedures and data are suitable for eventual use under national reporting rules including NI43-101, JORC and PERC.
Services:
QP/CP services for mineral exploration
Exploration programme design and management
Target generation studies
Property reviews / geological due diligence
Data audits and data management
GIS compilations (QGIS)
NI43-101 reporting for exploration results
3D visualisation and modelling (Leapfrog)
Geochemical survey design, QAQC, and interpretation
Drill project management
Workflow optimisation and documentation
Fieldwork risk assessments, H&S reviews, and accident investigation
Projects:
Some of Exploration Direction recent projects
Exploration and QP services for Medgold Resources in Serbia covering generative projects and >9000 m of drilling leading to the discover of the Tlamino gold deposit with a maiden resource of 0.68M Oz AuEq.
Management of helicopter supported drilling for Major Precious Metals at the Skaergaard precious metals project in Greenland. Providing logging data and ~11,000 drill core samples for use in a resource update by SLR Consulting (11.4 M oz PdEq indicated, 14.1 M oz PdEq inferred).
Exploration management and QP services for Munduro Capital in Serbia covering JVs partnerships with BHP and Vale. Included contract management of multiple large geophysical surveys and leading safety improvement initiatives.
Exploration management and QP services for Electrum Discovery Corp for projects in Serbia providing technical, operational, and H&S guidance during the company’s membership of the 2025 BHP Xplore programme.
Management of exploration drill programs in east Greenland for Longland Resources seeking conduit-hosted Ni-Co mineralisation.
Services to clients active in Chad (mapping), Mongolia (geochemical survey review), and Türkiye (VMS exploration).
Tom is a fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), a UK chartered geologist (CGeol), a registered European geologist (EurGeol), a fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (FSEG2005), a member of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, a core PDAC member, and a member of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits. He is always on the look-out for additional client work to cover the annual fees of these registrations and memberships!
Personnel:
Thomas Sant FGS CGeol EurGeol
Having gained a BSc in Applied Geology from the University of Leicester in the mid 90s Tom has banged rocks around the world including eight years with Rio Tinto followed by six years in Mongolia with Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines during the period of the Oyu Tolgoi discovery. A diversion to seafloor exploration with Nautilus Minerals, working on the geology and resource drilling of the Solwara 1 seafloor massive sulphide deposit, provided a near real-time view of the formation of a gold-rich VMS. Returning to dry land, Tom joined Eldorado Gold as their generative exploration lead in Türkiye followed by several years as Eldorado’s exploration manager for Greece.
Since 2018 Tom has been the Founder, director and principal geologist of Exploration Direction Limited.
Tom is a fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), a UK chartered geologist (CGeol), a registered European geologist (EurGeol), a fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (FSEG2005), a member of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, a core PDAC member, and a member of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits.