Alaska Earth Sciences (AES) is an Anchorage-based geological consulting expertise to promote, manage, and support resource exploration and development. AES can take an exploration project from "Concept to Completion" including supplying professional geologists, project geologists, drilling, logistics and operations, land/claim acquisition and management, community engagement, GIS and permitting. AES and its principals have participated in the discovery of major mineral deposits within Alaska and around the world including, Donlin Gold (Alaska’s largest gold deposit, porphyry gold-copper) in Western Alaska, Ambler District – Sun (a VMS copper and zinc prospect), Johnson River (a massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag prospect) on CIRI land, the Springpole Project near Red Lake Ontario (an Au-Ag alkaline porphyry deposit with vein and breccias complexes), and CIRI-Beluga (an underground coal gasification project).