EX-4.8






Exhibit 4.8




CONSENT





			
	TO:	 	Fronteer Development Group Inc.






			
	AND TO:	 	Ontario Securities Commission

Alberta Securities Commission

British Columbia Securities Commission

Saskatchewan Securities Commission

Manitoba Securities Commission

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Prince Edward Island Securities Office

New Brunswick Securities Commission

Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador

Québec Securities Commission

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

(collectively, the “Commissions”)






			
	AND TO:	 	The Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”)






			
	RE:	 	Technical Reports




 



Reference is made to (i) the technical report dated November 1, 2007 entitled “Updated Technical
Report, Northumberland Project, Nye County, Nevada, USA”, which the undersigned has prepared,
together with George Lanier and Steven Ristorcelli; and (ii) the technical report dated November 1,
2007 entitled “Updated Technical Report, Sandman Gold Project, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA”, which
the undersigned has prepared, together with George Lanier and Jim Ashton (collectively, the
“Technical Reports”). The undersigned hereby consents to the use of my name in connection with
references to my preparation or involvement in the preparation of the Technical Reports and the
written disclosure of extracts from the Technical Reports or summaries of such Technical Reports,
either directly or as incorporated by reference, in the annual information form of the Corporation
dated March 30, 2009 (the “AIF”) and the Form
40-F of the Corporation dated March 26, 2009 relating
to the AIF filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Form 40-F”). The
undersigned hereby further consents to the use of my name in connection with references to my
preparation or involvement in the preparation of the Technical Reports and the written disclosure
of extracts from the Technical Reports or summaries of such Technical Reports, either directly or
as incorporated by reference, in the Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular of
Aurora Energy Resources Inc. dated March 20, 2009 (the “Circular”) and the Corporation’s
registration statement on Form F-8 and any amendment thereto relating to the Circular filed with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”).



 









 







I further consent to the inclusion in the Circular and the Registration Statement of the AIF and
the Technical Reports (through the inclusion by way of incorporation by reference of the AIF and
any other documents incorporated by reference in the Circular).


The undersigned further confirms that the undersigned has read those portions of the AIF, the
Technical Reports, the Form 40-F and the Registration Statement and extracts from or summaries of
the AIF and the Technical Reports contained in the Circular and the Registration Statement by way
of incorporation by reference of the AIF and any other documents incorporated by reference that
directly pertain to the Technical Reports and that they each fairly and accurately represent the
information in the Technical Reports for which the undersigned was responsible for preparing or
supervising and that the undersigned has no reason to believe there are any misrepresentations in
the information contained therein that is derived from the AIF or the Technical Reports or that is
within the undersigned’s knowledge as a result of the services the undersigned has performed in
connection with the AIF and the Technical Reports.



DATED this 30th day of March, 2009.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Per:  	(signed) Michael M. Gustin
 	 
	 	 	Michael M. Gustin, R.P.Geo. 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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