Crossmaglen

The base at Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Northern Ireland. I served there with the Paras in 1988. Note the damage to the right hand building from an IRA mortar bomb attack.

Saruka Sieve

Using Brazilian saruka sieves to jig for diamonds.

Ekereku Diamonds

Some of the diamonds I found whilst dredging in the Ekereku River Guyana

Garimpeiros

Brazilian garimpeiros (artisanal miners) working gold placer deposits at Mahdia in Guyana.

Jims Dredge

Me and my dredge at Pothole Falls, Ekereku River, Guyana.

Jims Dredge

Jungle Gear

Jungle Gear

Old mining machinery lost in the jungle at Aremu in Guyana, South America.

Jungle Sampling

Bulk sampling for diamonds using a Poclain digger, near to the Mazaruni River, Guyana. When it rained, it rained.

Kaiteur Falls

Kaieteur Falls, Guyana. It is four times higher than Niagara Falls. During floods, no waterfall has a greater combination of height (251 metres) and water flow.

Kaiteur Falls

Laos Highlands

Opium growers in the Laotian highlands which formed a part of the golden triangle.

Laos Highlands

Happy in the valley, opium was not all they grew…

Laos Highlands

Prospecting trip in Laos.

Meekatharra

Meekatharra, Western Australia. Dwarfed by the minesite’s 120 tonne haulpacks.

Newman

1993 at the Mount Newman iron ore mine, Pilbara, Western Australia. was a desert, but it was damn cold.

Small scale gold mine WA

Small scale gold treatment plant east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia’

Drilling at Laverton

Gold exploration at Laverton in Western Australia

Rigs

On The Rigs. Working as a wellsite geologist for various oil companies in Australia and Pakistan.

Rigs

Wellsite Geologist at work

Diamond Conference

Delegates to the World Diamond Conference field trip at the Argyle diamond mine airstrip in Western Australia. 2003 n/k is not known. Rear Row L-R: n/k, Keith Goode (resources journalist), n/k, Mike Milligan (De Beers), James Picton (WH Ireland, UK Brokers), Ewan Tyler (geologist associated with the original Argyle discovery), rest n/k. Middle Row: Kevin Hart (Striker Resources NL), Stuart Vercoe (geologist, led the Australian De Beers exploration team in Australia), Vicki Stamoulis (geologist with the South Australian mines department), rest n/k. Bottom Row: n/k, John Bristow (geologist), Jim Richards (geologist), Bill DuChatel (geologist, Ashton Mining)

Vampire Bats

Vampire Bats. Whilst you were asleep, these suckers could bite you and lick up the blood. They also carried rabies.

Humming Bird

Crimson Topaz Hummingbird, a friend on the Mazaruni river.

Piranha

Piranha, do not enter stranded water.

Macaw

Flocks of hundreds of scarlet macaws would take-off, disturbed by the outboard engines.

Anaconda

It took five minutes for the entire snake to cross the path.

Labarria

The dreaded labarria snake (fer-de-lance) were rightly feared in Guyana, its highly toxic and fast acting venom could be lethal.

Tarantula

The goliath Bird-eating tarantula, largest spider in the world. Best avoided.