Mark Owen has worked for over 20 years as a mine geologist, in both the metalliferous and industrial mineral mining sectors. He has considerable expertise of front line production mining, both in the underground and exploration environments, working on mines in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Throughout his experience he has been given the responsibility both for resource estimation, exploration planning and management, environmental impact assessment and implementation of remediation programmes for a broad range of minerals. Recent work has included extensive contracts in Eastern Europe looking at mine closure issues, a technical review of the Caldag nickel project in Turkey, and an independent audit of a Ag/Pb project in Siberia.