Mining Magazine July 2017 | Page 7

PROFILE

AMUR MINERAL CORPORATION ( AMC ) is a nickel copper sulphide mineral exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange , but focused on the far east of Russia . The company ’ s principal asset is the Kun-Manie project located in Amur Oblast , where drill-defined resources have been uncovered . Now the deposits have been identified , the next stage is to take this through to production . CEO Robin Young says : “ As we develop the project , I would anticipate a point in time where someone approaches us to purchase it from the project . Until that point , the main mission is to enter production .”
Young is a geological engineer with 40 years ’ experience working in the international mineral and resource sector , having worked his way from core logging through to executive management . He says : “ I inherited the role and started as a consultant to the company . As the company decided to go public , the owners asked me to be the CEO . The rest is history .” AMC ’ s presence in the Amur Oblast area is creating jobs for locals , along with several other achievements . The project is also generating a lot
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