Principal Consultant
AMC Consultants (UK)
Mark has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, having joined AMC Consultants (UK) LTD in 2018 as a Principal Geologist.
He is currently a member of the PERC Executive, where he chairs the Training and Education committee and is one of PERC's representatives at CRIRCSO. Mark is currently co-chair of the CRIRSCO committee's that are assisting Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan's CRIRSCO applications.
He is also a member of three UNRMS Expert Working groups.
The role of CRIRSCO aligned codes and standards in minerals reporting
Background will be provided on the need for international standardisation in the reporting of estimates of the size and quality of mineral assets will be provided, including a brief introduction to the evolution of different reporting systems. The development of CRIRSCO (The Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards), including its reporting principles, standard definitions and international reporting template will be discussed. CRIRSCO’s role in providing a framework for standard reporting of mineral resources and mineral reserves to investors and their advisors will be explained. CRIRSCO’s expansion over the past two decades from 5 to 15 members, including MPIGM (Mongolia), KAZRC (Kazakhstan) and UMREK (Turkey) in the Central Asian region, will be discussed. The interest of other countries in the region in joining CRIRSCO will also be covered