Thomas C. Patton

Thomas C. Patton, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., is the President, CEO and Director of Quaterra Resources Inc. Dr. Patton graduated from the University of Washington in 1971, Ph.D., and has worked in the exploration industry for over forty years as a Field Geologist, Consultant and Executive Officer of both junior and senior mining companies. His work has been primarily in North America, where he and his teams have played major roles in several significant discoveries and reserve expansions of existing operations. Before joining Quaterra Resources Inc. on a full-time basis, Dr. Patton was President and COO of Western Silver Corporation from 1998 to May 2006. The highlights of this period were the discovery and delineation of the world-class Penasquito silver-gold-lead-zinc deposit in Zacatecas, Mexico, and the subsequent sale of the company to Glamis Gold Ltd.