General Manager, aged 66
Erhan is a Turkish national and has 39 years experience in management in Turkey and in the United Kingdom. Erhan graduated with a degree in Business and Finance from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Istanbul, and then completed a Master's degree on Western European Integration at Reading University in the United Kingdom. Erhan has worked as a consultant for, or in management of, a number of international and Turkish companies including Blue Circle Cement (Consultant), Mardin Cement and Oyak Insurance (General Manager).
Technical Director, aged 42
Soner is both a Turkish and South African national and has 21 years experience in senior management and mine engineering. Soner graduated with a first-class BSc in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University following which he completed an MSc in Rock Mechanics and Mining Geology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He has worked for various international mining, exploration and consulting companies including Goldfields SA, Sandvik Mining and Construction, Demir Export and more recently as Technical Director for Manhattan Corporation, with responsibility for the design, planning and execution of mine and process plant projects in Turkey, CIS, Africa and Middle East. Soner is responsible for our mining and exploration operations.
Tenement Manager, aged 29
Ufuk is a Turkish national and has 5 years experience in the mining sector in Turkey. Ufuk graduated in Mining Engineering from Dumlupinar University in 2004. After spending his early career on open-pit mining operation for a Turkish company, he has spent 3,5 years with the Consulting Engineering Company as a coordinator in the mining licenses management and governmental permits. Ufuk is now responsible for managing the administrative and legal requirements of exploration/operational licenses, applications and formal reporting for licenses, in addition to organizing environmental and other operational permits for our projects. He is a member of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey and holder of a technical inspectorate certificate.