EXHIBIT 15.2
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                                CONSENT OF AUTHOR

I, Callum L. B. Grant, do hereby consent to the written disclosure of the
"Independent Technical Report - TLC Ventures Corp. - Point Leamington Massive
Sulphide Deposit" dated April 14, 2004 (the "Technical Report"), and to the
filing of the Technical Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
as part of TLC Ventures Corp.'s Form 20F submission.

I also certify that I have read the written disclosure being filed and I do not
have any reason to believe that there are misrepresentations in the information
derived from the Technical Report or that the written disclosures contain any
misrepresentation of the information contained in the Technical Report.


Dated this 20th day of April, 2005.



/s/ Callum L. B. Grant
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Callum L. B. Grant, P.Eng.
Manager of Geology & Mining
Hatch Vancouver