Mr. Parsons is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and retired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner where his career spanned 34 years. At PwC, Bob headed up the firm’s global mining practice. Following retirement from PwC, as an independent consultant Bob has advised more than twenty governments across the globe on mineral royalties. He has served as an expert witness in ten successful litigations involving mineral royalties, and was editor of Karl Harries’ legal text Mining Royalties Between Private Parties published by Queens University at Kingston in 1996. Bob has served on the board of directors of nine listed mineral exploration companies including Weda Bay Minerals (acquired by Eramet), Norsemont Mining (acquired by Hudbay Minerals), Eagle Hill Exploration (acquired by Osisko), and Kennady Diamonds (acquired by Mountain Province). Bob is currently a director of Indico Resources Ltd. and Pan Global Resources Inc. He has served on the boards of the PDAC (1985-2003), the Indonesian Mining Association, the Canada Indonesia Chamber of Commerce, the World Mines Ministries Forum, the Canadian Minerals Industry Federation, the Advisory Council of the Centre for Resource Studies at Queens University, and the Professional Advisory Board of the Government of Canada’s Petroleum Monitoring Agency. In 2005, the PDAC presented Bob with their Distinguished Services Award, and in 2013 the Government of Canada awarded him the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canada’s mining industry. Mr. Parsons is a graduate of McGill University (B.Com, 1968) and a resident of British Columbia.
