General Director, SRK Consulting (Russia) Ltd.David Pearce is a Principal Mining Engineer with more than 25 years of experience in open-pit mining operations, both coal and hard-rock. He spent 11 years working on world-class mining operations in various roles before joining SRK in 1999. He has been involved with the development of resource-reserve reporting guidelines in Russia, provided training courses to Senior Managers at leading Russian companies, and understands the similarities and differences between Russian and international project design and reserve reporting methods and how to link them. This combination of experience enables David to provide advice and direction with regards to optimising operations and projects, as well conducting due diligence reviews when seeking investment.