Mike Beare (CEng, ACSM, MIMMM) is a Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering) with 30 years of international experience, whose focus is to add value and reduce his client’s exposure to risk.  His work concerns technical studies and due diligence reviews for a wide range of mining projects both open pit and underground.  Mike has managed a total of 41 feasibility studies since joining SRK in 2004.  These have been predominantly completed for gold and base metals projects with a strong focus on Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  The total capital cost of these projects is in excess of USD20 billion, a large part of which is the Almalyk United Mine in Uzbekistan.  Mike is currently based in Almaty as the General Director of SRK Kazakhstan where he coordinates the activities of 48 staff.