Pavel Kepezhinskas is a Geologist and Earth Scientist at the
Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Khabarovsk, Russia. He is also affiliated
with PNK GeoScience, Tampa, FL, USA. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
at the Moscow State University, Moscow, in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and his
Ph.D. from the USSR Academy of Science in 1986. His research interests include
research, mining, and exploration projects investigating commodities such as
silver-, gold-, platinum-group metals, diamonds, base metals, and industrial
minerals.