Paul Zweng is a managing member of Resource Venture Advisors, LLC, the general partner to Resource Venture Partners, LP, an investment partnership designed to invest in early-stage exploration companies. He was the COO and later president/CEO of QGX Ltd., a TSX-listed company with mineral projects in Mongolia. Zweng received two bachelor's degrees with distinction in geology and applied earth sciences (mineral economics) from Stanford University in 1980, an master's degree in geology from Queen's University, Ontario, in 1984, and a doctorate in applied earth sciences (ore deposits) from Stanford University in 1993. Zweng has published several articles and abstracts on geology and ore deposits in two languages in scientific journals. Zweng was a director and a founder of Antares Minerals Inc. (ANM:TSX-V) before Antares was purchased by First Quantum Minerals (FM:TSX).