Team

Consultants

A multidisciplinary team: geology, mining engineering, finance and international project management.

Alastair Murray

Chief Executive Officer

Based in: UK / Kazakhstan
Education: International management; physicist / metallurgist

Project development across Central Asia, Russia, Europe and Africa
Over $2bn in B2B contracts executed in Central Asia
Energy sector experience: nuclear, oil and gas
Commercially started what became AEA Technology PLC, a UK Atomic Energy Authority spin-out
Country entry, multi-rig project management, JVs and M&A
Kraken field commercialisation (North Sea, 30,000+ bopd) through the first effective 3D CSEM deployment
Former Director of Technology, Canamens Energy; former Caspian/FSU Regional Manager, Baker Hughes

Tony Thornton

Chief Operating Officer

Based in: Kazakhstan
Education: BEng (Hons.) Mining Engineering; Associate of the Camborne School of Mines

Chartered Mining Engineer
14 years in Kazakhstan as Managing Director / Country Manager (Fortescue Metals, Iluka Resources, Ferro Alloy Resources)
Founder and Managing Director of SRK Consulting’s Kazakhstan practice
Managed underground and open-pit operations in challenging locations worldwide
Fellow of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining; Chairman of the Kazakhstan Chamber of Mines

Dmitry Nenashev

Geological Advisor

Based in: Central Asia
Education: MSc, Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Prospecting University; BSc Geology, National University of Uzbekistan

15+ years in Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
Author of reserve estimates and contributor to numerous feasibility studies
Competent Person (KAZRC); JORC 2012 CPR data preparation
Significant exploration and production experience in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia

Roman Snurnitsin

Senior Geologist

Based in: Central Asia
Education: BSc Geology, Tashkent State Technical University named after Biruni, Faculty of Mining and Geology

Exploration management at ERG, Kazakhstan’s largest mining group
Targeting high-margin deposits: gold, copper, polymetals, nickel, cobalt
Replenishing ERG’s aluminium and chromium resource base
Introducing innovative exploration technologies
Exploration consultancy in Mongolia

John Stafford

Chief Financial Officer

Based in: Kazakhstan
Education: MBA

20+ years in banking and investment banking on Wall Street and in Kazakhstan
AIM listing experience (Victoria Oil and Gas)
Mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street
Former CFO of an oil & gas E&P and EPC company; World Bank and USAID privatisation project management
Over 25 years in Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Bulgaria

Partnership with DMT

DMT

ROCKFIELD is a partner of DMT, the international engineering and consulting company (Germany). Reports can be issued under DMT’s signature, combining internationally recognised quality with a local team that knows the region and national requirements.