Songlin Zhang

Biography

Mr. Zhang joined the Company on February 15, 2012 and serves as Chief Engineer. Mr. Zhang has over 21 years of experience in the mining industry in both North America and China and is experienced in mine project evaluation, reserve and resource estimation and mine economic analysis. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zhang served as a technical director for White Tiger Gold where he managed all aspects of reserve and resource evaluation activities for various projects. Mr. Zhang was formerly a consulting engineer for Newmont Gold Corp., where he was involved in valuating production drilling and developing mine planning and ore grade control protocols in Newmont Northern Nevada and Peru Yanacocha operations. He was formerly a senior mine engineer for Echo Bay Mines Ltd. (which merged with Kinross Gold Corporation) at the McCoy/Cove mine where he developed methodology for reserve and resource estimation, served as a member of the reserve committee for the company and conducted a full due diligence study of the Nevada Phoenix project. Mr. Zhang conducted various research projects for open-pit and underground mines in China while working as an assistant professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. Mr. Zhang holds a Master's Degree in cfrom Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno in Nevada, USA, a Master's Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China and a Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. Mr. Zhang is a registered member of The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators.  

Research Interest

Mining Engineering