Andy Randell

Principal Geoscientist, SGDS Hive / Independence Gold Corp.

Andy is a Vancouver-based geological consultant and founder of SGDS Hive, providing progressive, science-based solutions for their clients. Andy established the non-profit Below BC, which performs outreach and educational opportunities in geoscience. He has founded Aeonian Resources to explore a more sustainable and transparent form of mineral exploration with the hope to inspire change at the grassroots level. In 2016, he received the Bedford Young Mining Professional Award through the Canadian Institute of Mining (CIM). Andy currently sits on the boards of Directors for the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME), and the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines. He is also the inaugural Chair of the newly formed BC Society of Engineering and Geoscience, an advocacy body split off from the BC professional regulator, EGBC.