As an explorationist for over 40 years, Ron Parratt built a career full of discovery. Striking gold in Nevada, Parratt started his own gold exploration company, uncovering Carlin-type and low-sulfidation-type gold deposits. The technical and economic challenges of the mining industry have driven his passion for exploration. Parratt notes passion as the foundation of his great career and highlights the importance of the mining industry in the development of society. Watch Parratt’s oral history to learn why he’d do it all again.

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