Natural Resources Group

Over the past 40 years, the development of a variety of natural resources required geologists with training in several sub-fields. In the 1960s and 1970s, many geologists were trained for serving the specialized needs of the oil & gas industry, the mining industry, and the ground-water supply industry. In addition, many served in roles involving technical regulatory or supporting research functions in state and federal agencies. I2M Associates personnel were among the relatively few who were also trained as hydrogeologists not only to serve these industries and agencies but also to serve the growing environmental field.

Beginning in the 1970s, ground water was, and remains today, the central focus of state and federal environmental regulations. Appropriately-trained hydrogeologists served in a range of industrial and state and federal regulatory and supporting research functions. In the future, the multi-use fields of hydrogeology, environmental geology, and economic geology will play even more important roles in mineral exploration and mining, water supply, and oil and gas. The seasoned professionals at I2M Associates offers clients a sound interdisciplinary perspective to support projects ranging from the development of natural resources (such as uranium, gold, and other natural resources), reserve analysis and assessment (especially uranium, gold and industrial minerals) to the associated environmental issues surrounding most all industrial projects today.

This notable group of professional associates are now identified as the I2M Associates' Natural Resources Group (NRG), all of whom have worked together at some stage with from the late 1960s in consulting or in managing and executing mineral exploration programs in the U.S. and overseas to the early 1990s within national consulting companies and DuPont Environmental. I2M Associates' NRG also provides a range of evaluations involving mining economics, reserve evaluations, market analyses, and associated environmental investigations (see I2M Associates Projects, I2M Associates Mining and other evaluations). The I2M Associates personnel who will be brought to bear in your projects are listed below.