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Chris Wells

CHRIS WELLS: Managing Director

Chris has many years' experience in international procurement, contracting, logistics, materials management and project management for the mining and engineering industries. He has been responsible for procurement, logistics, materials management, business development and project management on many major projects, including assignments in India, South Africa, Burundi, Spain, Sardinia, Indonesia, Iran, USA, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Egypt, Bolivia, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea and Bangladesh.

Arif Anwar

ARIF ANWAR: Chairman of the Board

Arif is a business economist with more than 20 years of experience in the chemical and mining industries. During his professional career he has carried out various due diligence reports and led mergers & acquisitions projects. He was also responsible for comprehensive restructuring projects in the mining sector. He has introduced processes to increase profitability and efficiency of mining engineering companies. He has been responsible for the financial control of international subsidiaries in Eastern Europe, USA, Australia, South Africa and various countries in South America.

Juergen Kowalewski

JÜRGEN KOWALEWSKI: Project Manager

Jurgen has over 32 years experience and has been engaged as Project Manager for MC on numerous international assignments for feasibility studies, financial, technical, and environmental evaluations of mining exploration, construction and exploitation projects, particularly in the base metals and gold mining industry. He spent most of his career in long term assignments abroad in Chile, Peru, Spain, Thailand and Turkey as well as projects in Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Norway and USA, where he also gained senior management experience in operations.

FLORIAN BEIER: Senior Mining Engineer

Florian has 7 years experience in base metals, potash and coal mining industries. He has gained experience in both underground and surface operations and his expertise lies in mine planning, mine design, technical and economic evaluations of underground and open pit mining projects. He has been involved in feasibility studies, due diligence and tender evaluation of engineering equipment proposals. He is experienced in extraction and processing of base metals and various industrial minerals in Germany and abroad, working within Europe, Asia, South America and the CIS region.

Howard Hind

HOWARD HIND: Senior Electrical Engineer

Howard's expertise lies in the procurement, installation and commissioning of major electrical plant items with particular reference to safety and protective systems for mine hoists, haulages and conveying systems. He has been involved in project design, mine infrastructure, electrical and mechanical engineering feasibility studies, design and tender evaluation of engineering equipment proposals. He has gained wide experience of the civil tunnelling engineering, base metals and coal mining industries in both underground and surface operations, working in Europe, Asia, CIS and the Arctic Circle.

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John Warwick

JOHN WARWICK: Managing Director

John is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years experience in all aspects of mining, general management, contracting and consulting. He has been Project Director for Competent Persons Reports and Due Diligence for stock market flotation’s and company sales assignments in several commodities including chrome, potash, phosphate, copper, nickel, iron ore, cobalt and coal operations. 
He is highly experienced in extraction and processing of base metals, coal and various industrial minerals in UK and overseas for whom he has worked in Ukraine, Russia, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Bangladesh, Albania, Iran, South Africa, DR Congo, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, USA, Indonesia and UK.

Peter Robinson

PETER ROBINSON: Director of Projects & Financial Analyst

Peter is a Qualified Management Accountant with more than 35 years experience in the mining minerals and consulting industry. He is actively involved in the supervision and production of competent persons reports, mineral expert reports, due diligence and feasibility studies and has aided in stock market flotations, financial evaluations and company restructuring. His commodity experience extends to include coal, copper, gold, iron ore, cobalt, lead, potash and he has international experience in Kazakhstan, China, India, Russia, Germany, South Africa, Romania, Ukraine, USA, Peru, D. R. Congo, Poland, Bulgaria, Indonesia and Mauritania.

In his capacity as Director of Projects, Peter is responsible for the overall management of projects undertaken by the UK office of IMCGCL.

David Foster

DAVID FOSTER: Principal Geologist

David has over 38 years experience of exploration and mining geology specialising mainly in coal deposits.  Within IMC he leads the geological deposit modelling activities of the company and participates in projects both in the UK and overseas.  He is familiar with a wide range of geological and mine modelling software and has wide expertise in the assessment of reserves and resources.  He has worked extensively on numerous projects in the past 12 years in Spain, USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Montenegro, Ireland, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China and Russia as well as extensively in the UK.

Hakan Arden

HAKAN ARDEN: Senior Geologist

Hakan has over 20 years experience in the mining industry. He specialises in sedimentary deposits with international experience in sedimentary/mining geology, civil engineering and environmental studies. He has undertaken a number of projects including Geological and sedimentary models, Competent Person’s Reports and feasibility studies working within Europe, Australasia, South America and the CIS region.

 

Mike Richards

MIKE RICHARDS: Senior Mining Engineer

Mike has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry. His industrial experience was gained in the UK and South Africa before undertaking academic roles researching mining finance, condition monitoring of mining machinery and spontaneous combustion. He has a strong consultancy base in coal and metalliferous projects and has specialised in mining operations, feasibility studies, due diligence, risk analysis, mine safety issues, ventilation, spontaneous combustion and gas emission.

MICHAEL LOOS: Technical Director of IMC-Montan Consulting & Principal Processing Engineer

Michael has over 30 years of consulting and operating experience in all aspects of mineral and coal processing, mine related surface facilities, environmental studies and assessments. He has participated in a wide range of assignments in Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, Romania, Russia, Vietnam, Ukraine and Zambia as project manager, task manager or site manager. He has particular engineering experience in coal, iron ore, manganese ore, phosphate ore and rutile processing. Additionally he gained broad experience in coal market surveys and assessments.

Dominic Wilks

DOMINIC WILKS: Mining Geologist

Dominic joined IMC after obtaining his MSc in Mining Geology from Camborne School of Mines. Whilst studying he had exposure to mining operations in Namibia and the UK encompassing the geology, mining and processing of gold, lead-zinc, uranium, diamond, fluorspar, kaolinite, tin-tungsten and aggregate deposits. In addition he independently analysed the geology, geotechnical characteristics and controls on mineralisation relating to an open pit gold mine in NE Kazakhstan.
Whilst with IMC he has worked on coal and iron ore projects in Indonesia and India and has experience in using Surpac and Minex modelling software. He has also been involved in projects based in Guinea, D.R. Congo and the UK.