General Director, EMC Mining22 years’ mining experience working for Russia’s leading engineering companies as Leading researcher, Chief Engineer, Managing Director and company CEO. He began his career in 1995 at the "Severnaya Korona – ALROSA Zoloto". From 1997 to 1999 he worked in the Russian office of "Knelson kontsentrators" company. Work experience: GOK development projects; Development of technological regulations; testing and commissioning of technological schemes of gold-processing plants; delivery, installation and commissioning of processing equipment; organisation and execution of construction and installation works; feasibility study for the development of deposits; organisation of geological exploration support. Directly involved in the development of design technologies, equipment supply and start commissioning of over 20 gold processing plants. Professional training: In 1995 graduated from the Irkutsk State Technical University with speciality "Engineering ecology and rational use of natural resources." 1995-1999 studied at the remote learning department of Irkutsk State Technical University specialising in “Mineral enrichment". 1995-2000 - Full-time postgraduate study at Irkutsk State Technical University with a degree in "Mineral Processing". Candidate of Technical Sciences in speciality "Mineral Processing". The author of 15 scientific articles and 12 publications, 1 patent for an invention.