Dr. Jude Steven Ejepu, PhD

Dr. Jude Ejepu is a geoscientist, applied geophysicist, and mineral exploration specialist with over two decades of combined academic and industry experience. As Founder and CEO of Geodiscovery Geosciences, he leads a consultancy delivering exploration strategies, resource evaluations, and geoscientific advisory services to clients across Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso.

His work centres on the integration of geophysical, geochemical, and structural datasets to reduce exploration risk and sharpen resource targeting, with particular focus on base and precious metals in structurally controlled mineralisation environments. Project experience spans gold and lithium exploration in Central and Northern Nigeria, lead-zinc studies in the Lower Benue Trough, geothermal system characterisation, and aeromagnetic and airborne gamma ray spectrometry interpretation for mineral targeting.

In academia, Dr. Ejepu is Associate Professor in the Departments of Geology and Geophysics at the Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMinna), where he has trained geoscientists at undergraduate, Masters, and PhD levels for more than thirteen years.