Dr. Bowdidge has managed and executed uranium exploration programs:

• Grenville province of Ontario and Quebec (1968, 1975-1978), includes the discovery of the Lac Kachiwiss deposit in Quebec, a large-tonnage, low-grade deposit drilled in the 1970s by Getty Mines Ltd. and since then inactive;
• In the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan (1978-1983) and the Thelon basin, NWT (1984);
• In the Danville basin, Virginia (1984), providing geological consulting for advanced drilling on the Coles Hill multi-million ton uranium deposit (since abandoned because of a state law banning uranium mining); and,
• In the Sibley basin, Ontario (2004-2006), initiating and executing a basin-wide exploration program for unconformity-type uranium mineralization (most significant drill hole to date 2.99 % U3O8 over 1.5 metres).

Dr. Bowdidge has also explored for gold, silver, base metals, iron ore and industrial minerals, including the single-handed discovery of the Olden wollastonite deposit in Ontario. The Olden deposit has an estimated gross value of between one and two billion dollars.

In addition to exploration projects, Mr. Bowdidge has been involved in the development of several mines: the Pinebay copper mine in Manitoba, the Thierry nickel-copper mine in northwest Ontario, the Cerro Mojon gold mine in Nicaragua and the San Andres gold mine in Honduras.

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