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Sandugash Abdizhalelova Senior Sustainability Consultant SRK Consulting
Nariman Absametov CEO Tau-Ken Samruk
Dmitry Agapitov Executive Director IGT Group
Denis Alexandrov CEO ALT Management
Ivan Alexeev Chief Executive Officer Open Geology
Tim Archer Managing Director Reid Geophysics
Sally Axworthy His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan British Embassy in Kazakhstan
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Ruslan Baimishev President Kazakhstan Chamber of Mines
Aizhan Baizhigitova Head of the Elemental Analysis and Molecular Spectroscopy Sales Department ProLabSupport
James Banyard Exploration Manager - Central Asia First Quantum Minerals
Timothy Barry CEO Arras Minerals
Kassi Beisembetov Managing Partner Alphamar
Yerbulan Belgibekov Regional Manager ES Sustainability
Roman Bondarenko Director, Head of Geotechnics and Hydrogeology CMT Consulting
Chris Bray Principal Consultant (Mining Engineering) SRK Consulting (UK)
Elena Burdina Environmental Consultant, environment assessment, audit, health management, health and safety expert IMC Montan
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Victoria Chikatueva Lead Geologist IGT overseas
Philip Clegg Managing Partner Orion Resource Partners
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Almat Daumov Partner GRATA International
Barry Davis Managing Director Scythian Mining Group
Victor Davydov Director for Environmental and Social Consulting ENSOR Management Consultants
Olena Dikol Geoinformation Technologies Specialist Geojet Group
Arman Doldanov Leading Environmental Protection Specialist Altynalmas
Zhannat Dubirova Vice-minister Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Sıla Naz Duran Project Engineer Argetest
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Emrah Erdem CEO Miryıldız
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Anna Fardell Principal Resource Geologist SLR Consulting
Georgiy Freiman Chairman of the Executive Committee PONEN
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Eldaniz Gusseinov Co-Founder and Head of Research Nightingale Int.
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Dominic Heaton CEO Cove Kaz Capital Group
Sven Honig Technical Director CAML Exploration
Zhan Han ( Yong ) Huang Chief Finance Coordinator China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corporation / SM Mineral
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Yasumasa Iijima Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Salamat Imanakunov Laboratory Manager Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories
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Masoud Jangani Director - Mining, Water & Geotech IPI Packers
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Samat Kairambayev Chief Expert of Environmental Protection National Atomic Company Kazatomprom
Zhanbolat Kakishev Chief Product Officer AIFC
Azat Kalibekov Head of Water resources management Division Altynalmas
Vladislav Kaminski Principal Geophysicist Promiseland Exploration
Sue-Anya Khelawan Senior Consultant (Tailings) SRK Consulting
Paul Klimczak Technical Director - Mine Water SLR Consulting
Maxim Kononov First Deputy Executive Director Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises (AGMP)
Ilhan Kose Area Manager TREYSAN Prefabricated Steel Construction Industry & Trade
Dastan Kosherbayev Chief Strategy and International Development Officer Kazatomprom
Andrey Kozhevnikov CEO Fanda
Aidan Kubeyev Forward Deployed ML Engineer Stratum AI
Erzhan Kulmagambetov Geomechanical engineer Alel (Rudnik Suzdal)
Sobir Kurbanov International Development Expert And Fellow Nightingale
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Well-Shen Lee Senior Project Geologist ALS Geoanalytics
David Lewis Senior Political Counsellor European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Arkadiy Ligay Project Manager Sarytogan Graphite
Ivan Livinskiy General director, Geotechnics and Hydrogeology Expert CMT Consulting Kazakhstan
Vladislav Lozovoi Head of Business Development ALT Management
Ros Lund CEO Eurasia Critical Minerals Organisation
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John Mann Director Montfort Eurasia
Aliya Maussymbayeva Associate professor of Geology and exploration of mineral deposits department Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University
Sholpan Medelbekova CEO Central Asia Mining Services
Gaukhar Mukasheva Director KPMG
Ardak Mukushev Geologist Minerals Operating
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Sanjar Nazarov Director of Transformation Division (Project Office) Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company
Martha Needs Senior Geotechnical Engineer Knight Piésold
Vitaly Nesis Chief Executive Officer Solidcore Resources
Daria Norova Leading Project Manager for Geophysics LNDC Kazakhstan
Liam Norwood Consultant Mining Engineer SLR Consulting
Ulan Nurkhanuly Chief Geologist Aurora Minerals Group
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Alexander Oshkin CTO Sonica
Che Osmond Technical Director - Mining Advisory SLR Consulting
Huseyin Ozhan Managing Director, Central Asia and Mongolia European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Vlad Paddack Fellow & Head of Communications Nightingale Int.
David Pearce Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering) SRK Consulting (UK)
Igor Perkov Manager/Senior Geologist TerraScan
Iain Pickard co-Founder and Managing Partner Strategia Worldwide
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Nikolay Radostovets Executive Director Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises (AGMP)
Alexey Ragulin Managing Director: Kazakhstan Paterson & Cooke
Didier Rault President World Mining Investment
Olivia Rhind Senior Geologist - Business Development ALS
Alasdair Ross Senior Consultant (Geotechnical Engineering) SRK Consulting
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Sergei Sabanov Associate Professor Nazarbayev University
Gulvira Shaimerdenova Director of Government Relations Department Qarmet
Iran Sharkhan Vice-Minister Ministry of industry and construction Republic of Kazakhstan
Marat Shayakhmet Head of Electrical Survey Department GEOKEN Scientific Production Center
Zhenis Shlatayev Product specialist Micromine Central Asia
Ivan Shubin Hydrogeologist SRK Consulting (UK)
Telman Shuriyev Director of the GR Departament Kazakhmys Сorporation
Sergey Sidorkin Social and Economic Policies IMC Montan
Aleska Simkic Ambassador of the European Union Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Мaria Sokolova Environment Consultant, Manager of Environmental Assessment Business Sector IMC Montan
Ali Soofastaei Program Leader Newmont
Vyacheslav Sosnovskiy Partner KPMG
Vasily Storozhuk Managing Partner VSSC
Julie Stufft Ambassador U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Esko Tahkola Business Development Manager, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Northern Africa CiDRA Minerals Processing
Vladimir Tarasov Geologist - geophysicist Smart Geophysics limited
Damir Tleugaliyev Hydrogeologist SRK Consulting KZ
Dana Aitmaganbetovna Tokmurzina Chief Executive Officer Fortune Partners
Georgy Trigubovich Ph.D., D.Sc, Prof., Director of Geophysics EM Surveys
Alexey Trusov Chief Geophysicist Aerogeophysica
Alexey Tsoy Group Head of Studies MSA Group
Alesya Tüzün Regional Director Argetest
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Michael Waitz Head of Metals & Mining KfW IPEX-Bank
Cly Wallace Associate Director Strategia Worldwide
Laura Ward Consultant (Geologist) SRK Consulting
Tremain Woods CEO; Exploration Manager East Star Resources
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Marat Yelibayev Chairman of the board Development Bank of Kazakhstan
Nikolai Yenshin Deputy chairperson PONEN, CRIRCSO representative PONEN
Farkhat Yergaliyev General Director Dala Resources
David Zhen Yin Director and Senior Research Scientist Stanford University
Farzi Yusufali CEO Stratum AI
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Yerbol Zakariyanov Deputy Executive Director Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises
Zhandos Zhaimayev Business Development Manager Geojet Group
Nurlan Zhumadilov Hydrogeological Manager Eurasian Resources Group
Michael Zlobin Head of Equity for Natural Resources European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Alain Zubrzycki President CAUR Technologies

Sandugash Abdizhalelova

Senior Sustainability Consultant
SRK Consulting


Nariman Absametov

CEO
Tau-Ken Samruk


Dmitry Agapitov

Executive Director
IGT Group


Denis Alexandrov

CEO
ALT Management


Ivan Alexeev

Chief Executive Officer
Open Geology


Tim Archer

Managing Director
Reid Geophysics


Sally Axworthy

His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan
British Embassy in Kazakhstan


Ruslan Baimishev

President
Kazakhstan Chamber of Mines


Aizhan Baizhigitova

Head of the Elemental Analysis and Molecular Spectroscopy Sales Department
ProLabSupport


James Banyard

Exploration Manager - Central Asia
First Quantum Minerals


Timothy Barry

CEO
Arras Minerals


Kassi Beisembetov

Managing Partner
Alphamar


Yerbulan Belgibekov

Regional Manager
ES Sustainability


Roman Bondarenko

Director, Head of Geotechnics and Hydrogeology
CMT Consulting


Chris Bray

Principal Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (UK)


Elena Burdina

Environmental Consultant, environment assessment, audit, health management, health and safety expert
IMC Montan


Victoria Chikatueva

Lead Geologist
IGT overseas


Philip Clegg

Managing Partner
Orion Resource Partners


Almat Daumov

Partner
GRATA International


Barry Davis

Managing Director
Scythian Mining Group


Victor Davydov

Director for Environmental and Social Consulting
ENSOR Management Consultants


Olena Dikol

Geoinformation Technologies Specialist
Geojet Group


Arman Doldanov

Leading Environmental Protection Specialist
Altynalmas


Zhannat Dubirova

Vice-minister
Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan


Sıla Naz Duran

Project Engineer
Argetest


Emrah Erdem

CEO
Miryıldız


Anna Fardell

Principal Resource Geologist
SLR Consulting


Georgiy Freiman

Chairman of the Executive Committee
PONEN


Eldaniz Gusseinov

Co-Founder and Head of Research
Nightingale Int.


Dominic Heaton

CEO
Cove Kaz Capital Group


Sven Honig

Technical Director
CAML Exploration


Zhan Han ( Yong ) Huang

Chief Finance Coordinator
China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corporation / SM Mineral


Yasumasa Iijima

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Kazakhstan


Salamat Imanakunov

Laboratory Manager
Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories


Masoud Jangani

Director - Mining, Water & Geotech
IPI Packers


Samat Kairambayev

Chief Expert of Environmental Protection
National Atomic Company Kazatomprom


Zhanbolat Kakishev

Chief Product Officer
AIFC


Azat Kalibekov

Head of Water resources management Division
Altynalmas


Vladislav Kaminski

Principal Geophysicist
Promiseland Exploration


Sue-Anya Khelawan

Senior Consultant (Tailings)
SRK Consulting


Paul Klimczak

Technical Director - Mine Water
SLR Consulting


Maxim Kononov

First Deputy Executive Director
Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises (AGMP)


Ilhan Kose

Area Manager
TREYSAN Prefabricated Steel Construction Industry & Trade


Dastan Kosherbayev

Chief Strategy and International Development Officer
Kazatomprom


Aidan Kubeyev

Forward Deployed ML Engineer
Stratum AI


Erzhan Kulmagambetov

Geomechanical engineer
Alel (Rudnik Suzdal)


Sobir Kurbanov

International Development Expert And Fellow
Nightingale


Well-Shen Lee

Senior Project Geologist
ALS Geoanalytics


David Lewis

Senior Political Counsellor
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development


Arkadiy Ligay

Project Manager
Sarytogan Graphite


Ivan Livinskiy

General director, Geotechnics and Hydrogeology Expert
CMT Consulting Kazakhstan


Vladislav Lozovoi

Head of Business Development
ALT Management


Ros Lund

CEO
Eurasia Critical Minerals Organisation


John Mann

Director
Montfort Eurasia


Aliya Maussymbayeva

Associate professor of Geology and exploration of mineral deposits department
Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University


Sholpan Medelbekova

CEO
Central Asia Mining Services


Ardak Mukushev

Geologist
Minerals Operating


Sanjar Nazarov

Director of Transformation Division (Project Office)
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company


Martha Needs

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Knight Piésold


Vitaly Nesis

Chief Executive Officer
Solidcore Resources


Daria Norova

Leading Project Manager for Geophysics
LNDC Kazakhstan


Liam Norwood

Consultant Mining Engineer
SLR Consulting


Ulan Nurkhanuly

Chief Geologist
Aurora Minerals Group


Che Osmond

Technical Director - Mining Advisory
SLR Consulting


Huseyin Ozhan

Managing Director, Central Asia and Mongolia
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development


Vlad Paddack

Fellow & Head of Communications
Nightingale Int.


David Pearce

Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (UK)


Igor Perkov

Manager/Senior Geologist
TerraScan


Iain Pickard

co-Founder and Managing Partner
Strategia Worldwide


Nikolay Radostovets

Executive Director
Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises (AGMP)


Alexey Ragulin

Managing Director: Kazakhstan
Paterson & Cooke


Didier Rault

President
World Mining Investment


Olivia Rhind

Senior Geologist - Business Development
ALS


Alasdair Ross

Senior Consultant (Geotechnical Engineering)
SRK Consulting


Sergei Sabanov

Associate Professor
Nazarbayev University


Gulvira Shaimerdenova

Director of Government Relations Department
Qarmet


Iran Sharkhan

Vice-Minister
Ministry of industry and construction Republic of Kazakhstan


Marat Shayakhmet

Head of Electrical Survey Department
GEOKEN Scientific Production Center


Zhenis Shlatayev

Product specialist
Micromine Central Asia


Ivan Shubin

Hydrogeologist
SRK Consulting (UK)


Telman Shuriyev

Director of the GR Departament
Kazakhmys Сorporation


Sergey Sidorkin

Social and Economic Policies
IMC Montan


Aleska Simkic

Ambassador of the European Union
Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Kazakhstan


Мaria Sokolova

Environment Consultant, Manager of Environmental Assessment Business Sector
IMC Montan


Ali Soofastaei

Program Leader
Newmont


Vasily Storozhuk

Managing Partner
VSSC


Julie Stufft

Ambassador
U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan


Esko Tahkola

Business Development Manager, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Northern Africa
CiDRA Minerals Processing


Vladimir Tarasov

Geologist - geophysicist
Smart Geophysics limited


Damir Tleugaliyev

Hydrogeologist
SRK Consulting KZ


Dana Tokmurzina

Chief Executive Officer
Fortune Partners


Georgy Trigubovich

Ph.D., D.Sc, Prof., Director of Geophysics
EM Surveys


Alexey Trusov

Chief Geophysicist
Aerogeophysica


Alexey Tsoy

Group Head of Studies
MSA Group


Alesya Tüzün

Regional Director
Argetest


Michael Waitz

Head of Metals & Mining
KfW IPEX-Bank


Cly Wallace

Associate Director
Strategia Worldwide


Laura Ward

Consultant (Geologist)
SRK Consulting


Tremain Woods

CEO; Exploration Manager
East Star Resources


Marat Yelibayev

Chairman of the board
Development Bank of Kazakhstan


Nikolai Yenshin

Deputy chairperson PONEN, CRIRCSO representative
PONEN


Farkhat Yergaliyev

General Director
Dala Resources


David Zhen Yin

Director and Senior Research Scientist
Stanford University


Farzi Yusufali

CEO
Stratum AI


Yerbol Zakariyanov

Deputy Executive Director
Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises


Zhandos Zhaimayev

Business Development Manager
Geojet Group


Nurlan Zhumadilov

Hydrogeological Manager
Eurasian Resources Group


Michael Zlobin

Head of Equity for Natural Resources
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)


Alain Zubrzycki

President
CAUR Technologies