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The Team

Skilled Professionals, Qualified Team

Micon International’s expert team brings the experience, education, and credentials required to serve as Qualified and/or Competent Persons under global regulatory standards. Our clients benefit from working with senior professionals who possess decades of consulting and operational expertise, delivering the highest levels of service, technical quality, and value.

Justin Taylor

P.Eng

President

More than twenty years of project management and engineering experience in industries associated with large-scale multidisciplinary capital engineering projects in the chemical and minerals processing industries in North America, South America, Greenland, Southern Africa, Central Africa, Russia, and the Middle East.

Liz de Klerk

M.Sc., Pr.Sci.Nat., FIMMM

CEO, Managing Director (UK) & Senior Geologist

Almost 25 years’ experience in project management, geological modeling and resource estimation, mine optimisation, grade control and metal accounting. Modelling skills include creation and manipulation of drillhole databases, gridding, wireframing, geostatistics, 3D block model estimations and compliant resource reporting. Experience in financial modelling, reserve conversion, mine schedules, processing and environmental laws.

Mike Round

B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., MCSM, FIMMM, FGS

Manager, Technical Services

Over 10 years’ experience in delivering strategic projects, with diverse teams, in dynamic environments. Excels at bridging the gap between technical and corporate teams and has extensive experience leading the development of novel deposit types and extraction methods.

Peter Szkilnyk

P.Eng.

Principal Mining Engineer

Over 15 years’ experience in mine design, ore reserves and LoM scheduling. Peter is a Competent/Qualified person under the JORC Code (2012) and NI 43-101. His core expertise includes strategic mine planning, economic modelling, and long-range business planning. Peter has supported numerous early-stage studies (Scoping through Feasibility), NI 43-101 and JORC Technical Reports, and technical due diligence mandates. He brings a multidisciplinary perspective to project development, combining hands-on engineering experience with economic and strategic insight.

William (Bill) Lewis

P.Geo., Pr. Sci. Nat., FAusIMM

Senior Economic Geologist

More than 35 years’ experience. Held senior management positions with major mining companies, including Anglo American plc., throughout southern Africa. Experienced in mineral exploration, mine development and mining operations, as well as geostatistical techniques in mineral resource/reserve reporting. An expert on the knowledge/genesis of various types of deposits based on training and on-hands experience, e.g. chromite (both stratiform and podiform), PGE, Sedex, VMS, orogenic, epithermal, deposits.

Chris Jacobs

CENG, MIMMM, MBA

Mining Economist

40 years’ experience as an exploration and mining geologist, executive director of two gold producers and strategic planning manager for a leading platinum miner, now focused on mineral economics, project management, due diligence and litigation support assignments.

Andrew de Klerk

B.Sc. (Hons.), Pr.Sci.Nat., SAIMM

Principal Geologist and Project Manager

Over 20 years’ experience in the geological exploration and mining industry. Has worked on a broad-scaling range of exploration and mining projects and commodities worldwide, including precious metals, base metals, diamonds, coal and uranium. Areas of expertise include the implementation of QA/QC standards and protocols for exploration programs, budget management and guidance, database management, project management (PEA, PFS and FS), geological data interpretation and public reporting of resultant mineral assets.

Ryan Langdon

PhD, MCSM, MEarthSci, CGeol, FGS

Principal Resource Geologist

Over 14 years’ experience with international background in gold and coltan exploration and mining of industrial minerals. He is experienced in resource estimation, green and brownfield exploration, geological modelling, geostatistics, grade control, geochemistry, big data visualization and machine learning, as well as academic research.

Adil Aissautov

PhD. Mineral Processing, Certified International PM

Studies Manager

With more than 20 years of experience in general management of operations, project management, and process engineering. Adil specializes in technical evaluations, studies, and flowsheet development. Currently the Studies Manager with Halyard Inc. Previously, he served as the Almaty Branch Director for WorleyParsons in Kazakhstan, overseeing all aspects of operations and providing management and direction. Project Experience in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Alan J. San Martin

B.Eng., P.Eng.

Senior Mining Engineer

Over 25 years’ experience as a seasoned Professional Mining Engineer. Mr. San Martin brings a wealth of expertise to the table. His proficiency encompasses mineral resource estimation, optimization of open pits and underground stopes.

Alexander Zaitchenko

P.Eng, P.E.

Studies Manager

Over 30 years of experience leading structural and multi-discipline engineering teams, with a strong record of successfully delivering complex, large-scale mining projects globally. Proven success in delivering complex infrastructure including hoisting systems, shaft sinking plants, ore handling circuits, and surface/underground facilities. Skilled at managing in-house teams and external consultants across North America, Australia, Russia, and the UK.

André Bezuidenhout

MSc, BSc (Hons.)

Economic Project Geologist

Over 10 years’ experience in the mining and management consulting industries. Strategic analyst and project manager expertise, together with having completed an MSc Mining Engineering in Mineral Economics, has instilled a strong technical background and structured approach to analytics and innovative problem solving.

Andy Holloway

B. Eng. (Hons) Metallurgy, P.Eng.

Director & Process Engineer

A senior Metallurgical Process Engineer with more than 34 years of experience in the minerals processing industry and an extensive background covering operational plant management, process flowsheet development, plant design, CAPEX & OPEX, project management, procurement, and commissioning on an international scale and with a focus on base, precious metals and lithium.​

Charley Murahwi

M.Sc., P.Geo., Pr. Sci. Nat., FAusIMM

Senior Economic Geologist

More than 35 years experience. Held senior management positions with major mining companies, including Anglo American plc., throughout southern Africa. Experienced in mineral exploration, mine development and mining operations, as well as geostatistical techniques in mineral resource/reserve reporting. An expert on the knowledge/genesis of various types of deposits based on training and on-hands experience, e.g. chromite (both stratiform and podiform), PGE, Sedex, VMS, orogenic, epithermal, deposits.

Chitrali Sarkar

M.Sc, P.Geo.

Senior Geologist

More than 9 years of progressive industry experience in exploration management, production and mine planning in Canada and overseas, Chitrali has gained practical knowledge of both underground and open pit mining, successfully driving business results while maximizing utilization of mineral resources in a sustainable manner.

Matt Ball

MSci Geology, MAusIMM

Resource Geologist

Over 6 years’ experience in production, resource estimation, geological modelling, exploration and data visualization, grade control planning and sampling, exploration drill planning, diamond core logging, grade control and resource modelling, reconciliation, geological mapping, sample result validation and QA/QC as well as database management.

Nigel Smalley

B.Eng., DipCSM, MIMMM

Senior Processing Engineer

Over 30 years’ experience in mining, minerals and materials and particular processing experience in hydrometallurgy and leaching, froth flotation, solid-liquid separation and gravity concentration. Held multiple production, Research & Development, consultancy and management positions. Proficient in the use of process simulation and mass balance software.

Oktay Erten

PhD, MAusIMM

Senior Geologist & Geostatistician

Qualified Mining Engineer with over 7 years of experience, including specialized expertise in resource modelling and a proven track record in developing geostatistical workflows using Python for commodities such as coal, lateritic bauxite, lateritic nickel, lead-zinc, and gold.

Richard Gowans

B.Sc., P.Eng.

Principal Metallurgist

Almost 40 years experience which consists of operation and design of mineral processing and hydrometallurgical plants and operations, management, commissioning of processing facilities beginning in the platinum mines of South Africa.

Experienced Professionals

Every mining project faces a unique set of circumstances and challenges. Micon maintains a broad network of associates that may be called upon to assist when specialist skills are needed to address the geotechnical, mineral process development, logistics or social and environmental aspects of a project.

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