Spencer has over 30 years-experience in the exploration sector in Newfoundland and Labrador, Northern Ontario and Quebec with both junior and senior exploration and mining companies including Noranda Exploration Company, BP Selco (Mining Division), Champion Iron, Anaconda Mining ,Marathon Gold, Maritime Gold, Matador Mining, and most recently Cartier Iron Corp as a Technical Advisor. He began his career as a logging geologist on the Duck Pond VMS Deposit, and a mapping geologist in the Buchans Mining Camp. His background also includes 13 years with the Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy/Natural Resources where he was manager of the Department’s Mineral Incentive Program for seven years before returning to the exploration industry and co-forming Silvertip Exploration Consultants Inc.