Dr. Guo Xian Jian is an executive Director and the chief executive officer of our Group.
Dr. Guo joined Zijin Mining as chief engineer in August 2017, and has been the senior advisor of Zijin Mining since December 2019, guiding the company’s engineering and technology, as well as the development and operation of overseas projects. During his tenure with Zijin Mining, he was deeply involved in several key projects comprising our Group, including the commissioning and technical renovation of the Colombia Buriticá Gold Mine the operation resumption and technical renovation of the Guyana Aurora Gold Mine, the implementation of the pressure pre-oxidation project for the Tajikistan Jilau/Taror Gold Mines, the commissioning and ram-up of the heap leaching project at Australia Norton Gold Mine, the transfer and production upgrade of the Suriname Rosebel Gold Mine.
Dr. Guo has been engaged in research and development, engineering, project management, and plant operation optimization in the metal and mining field for over forty years. He began his career in July 1982 and has held several prominent positions in research institutions and metal and mining enterprises, including as deputy director, among other positions, of the Beijing General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals from April 1989 to February 1995, senior researcher at the Technology Center of Noranda Inc. from January 1997 to December 2001, and as the director (non-ferrous metals — China region) and technical director (China region) at Hatch Ltd respectively from 2002 to 2005, and 2011 to 2017. He also served as the vice president at Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Limited from January 2006 to August 2011 and technical advisor for CGN Mining Company Ltd’s Husab Uranium Project in Namibia from September 2013 to November 2016. Dr. Guo had his residency at the University of Science and Technology Beijing as visiting professor in 2017. In his career, he led the completion of dozens of research and engineering and metallurgical projects, including several large-scale mining and mineral processing (metallurgy) projects with investments exceeding billion dollars.
Dr. Guo is a registered engineer in Ontario, Canada and possesses great industry knowledge and expertise in Non-ferrous Metal industry. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Non-ferrous Metallurgy from Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, the PRC, in July 1982, followed by a master’s degree in Non-ferrous Metallurgy from Kunming University of Science and Technology, the PRC, in June 1986, and a doctorate degree in same field in March 1989. Subsequent to his academic studies, he furthered his academic pursuits with research collaboration with the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering (formerly Mackay School of Mines), University of Nevada, USA and McGill University, Canada. Dr. Guo has published over 40 papers in renowned domestic and international journals and international academic conferences and is the writer of the books ‘‘Chemistry and Application of Copper Pyro-metallurgical Slag’’ published in 2023 and ‘‘Theory and Practice of Comprehensive Utilization of Low-grade Gold Resources’’ to be published.
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