Skip navigation

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

Justin has 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.

Mike Round

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

Manager, Technical Services

Mike is a geologist with over 10 years’ experience leading strategic technical projects, supporting development of complex mineral deposits and bridging technical and corporate teams in project evaluation and study management.

William (Bill) Lewis

P.Geo

Principal Geologist

Bill is a geologist with over 40 years’ experience in exploration, production, and resource estimation, authoring NI 43-101 and SK-1300 technical reports across precious, base, and specialty mineral projects worldwide.

Charley Murahwi

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

Senior Economic Geologist

Charley is an economic geologist with over 40 years’ experience in mineral exploration, mine development, and operations, including senior leadership roles with major mining companies. He has held senior management positions with major mining companies, including Anglo American plc. & Clarity Minerals SA (Pvt) Ltd. He is experienced in polymetallics, gold, silver, PGE, base metals, tin, lithium, REE, & graphite.

Nigel Smalley

B.Eng., DipCSM, MIMMM

Senior Processing Engineer

Nigel is a process engineer with nearly 40 years’ experience in mining and minerals processing, specializing in hydrometallurgy, flotation and leaching for gold, copper, lead-zinc and industrial minerals with senior roles held in production, R&D, consulting, and management.

Adil Aissautov

PhD. Mineral Processing CSM, Certified International PM

Senior Studies Manager

Adil is a process engineer with over 26 years’ experience in operations, engineering, and project management, specializing in process design, flowsheet development, and techno-economic evaluations supporting early-stage project decisions.

Tudorel Ciuculescu

M.Sc., P.Geo

Principal Resource Geologist

Tudorel is a resource geologist with over 20 years’ experience authoring 20+ NI 43-101 technical reports and delivering global precious metals projects through advanced resource modelling, geostatistics, and data QA/QC.

Ryan Langdon

PhD, MCSM, MEarthSci, CGeol, FGS

Principal Resource Geologist

Ryan is a resource geologist with over 14 years’ international experience in gold, coltan, and industrial minerals, specializing in resource estimation, geological modelling, geostatistics, grade control, and advanced data analytics.

Richard Thompson

Eur.Ing., C.Eng

Senior Processing Engineer

Richard is a process engineer with 40 years’ global experience, specializing in hydrometallurgy and mineral processing, delivering engineering projects from concept through operations across mining, oil & gas, and industrial minerals sectors.

Matt Ball

MSci Geology, MAusIMM

Resource Geologist

Matt is a resource geologist with nearly 8 years’ experience in production geology, resource estimation, geological modelling, exploration, grade control, QA/QC, and geological data management.

Oktay Erten

PhD, MAusIMM, SEG Member

Senior Geologist & Geostatistician

Oktay is a geologist and geostatistician with over 7 years’ experience in resource modelling, specializing in Python-based geostatistical workflows across coal, bauxite, nickel, lead-zinc, and gold projects.

Mohsin Hashmi

P.Eng., PMP

Senior Open Pit Mine Engineer

Mohsin is a mining engineer with strong project management expertise, specializing in open-pit mine planning, drill and blast design, mine-site technology deployment, and operational performance improvement.

Richard Gowans

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

Associate Principal Metallurgist

Richard is a Principal Metallurgist with over 40 years’ experience delivering mineral processing, hydrometallurgical design, feasibility studies, due diligence, and project execution across base, precious, and specialty metals worldwide.

Liz de Klerk

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

Associate Senior Geologist

Liz is a geologist with nearly 25 years’ experience in geological modelling, resource estimation, mine optimization, and grade control, specializing in 3D block modelling, geostatistics, compliant reporting, and technical evaluations.

Chris Jacobs

CEng, MIMMM, MBA

Associate Mining Economist

Chris is a mining economist and geologist with over 45 years’ experience in exploration, project development, and strategic planning, now specializing in mineral economics, due diligence, project management, and litigation support.

John Claverley

BSc(Hons), CEng, MCIBSE, Eur Ing

Associate Senior Project Manager and Construction Specialist

John has over 40 years of experience in all stages of the development of major international construction and infrastructure projects, including, most recently, 15 years in mining projects, as a design consultant, project manager, contractor and client.

Frans (Guus) van Schijndel

M.Sc. AusIMM, KIVI, COINME

Associate Senior Mining Engineer

Frans (Guus) van Schijndel is a Senior Mining Engineer with nearly 20 years’ experience in open pit and underground mine planning, design, scheduling, and Mineral Reserve estimation.

Peter Szkilnyk

B.A.Sc., MBA, P.Eng.

Associate Principal Mining Engineer

Peter is a mining engineer with over 15 years’ experience in mine design, mine planning, scheduling, and Mineral Reserve estimation. He has supported global mining projects through technical studies, LoM evaluations, and NI 43-101 and JORC compliant reporting and due diligence.

Michiel Breed

B Eng (Min.), M Eng (Proj. Man.), MMC, Pr.Eng., FSAIMM

Associate Senior Mining Engineer

Michiel is a Professional Mining Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in project development and execution delivering feasibility studies, life-of-mine planning, cost estimation, due diligence, and compliant technical reporting across multiple commodities, as a competent person.

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.

Reach out if you would like to explore joining our network.

Micon has joined forces with Halyard Inc.

Explore Halyard's expert services in Mineral Processing & Project Delivery at the Halyard website.

Looking for a new challenge?
Explore Career Opportunities at both Halyard and Micon.