1956 Pre-Graduation, Trail
  Smelter work
Miner trainer
1956 - 1957 Britannia Mines
  Miner
Surveyor
Shaft engineer
1957 - 1960 Denison Mines
  Mine captain
1960 - 1966 Inco Limited
  Chief mines planning engineer, Manitoba Division
1966 - 1969 Denison Mines
  Assistant General Manager and Executive Assistant to COO, Director and V.P., Various Cos
1969 - 1972 Inco Limited
  Vice President, Operations, Inco Australia and P.T. Inco Indonesia
1972 - 1975 Tara Mines Limited
  Vice President and General Manager
1975 - 1985 Denison Mines
  President and COO, Chairman Various Cos
1985 - 1994 Curragh Resources Company
  Founder, Chairman and CEO, Chairman Various Cos
1995 - 2001 Director and Private Mining Consultant
  Chairman Various Cos
2002 - 2007 Founder, Chairman
  Various Cos
1957 - 1960 Denison Mines

Denison MinesIn late 1957, Denison Mines was being developed as the world's largest underground trackless uranium mine.

Cliff spent the first of his three periods with Denison Mines in 1957 starting as a Mine Shift Boss. At 24 years old, he rose to the rank of Mine Captain, one of the youngest mine captain's to date in Ontario. In Cliff's first tenure with Denison, he was exposed to the operation and development of new machinery for the mine and the training of completely green personnel. For him, Denison represented the first climb to upper management.