Mike Smith

e-mail:	mike@tunnelbuilder.com
Year of Birth:	1943
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Mining, Tunnelling, Shaft Drilling and Raise Boring Engineer.
QUALIFICATIONS HND (Mining), University of Glamorgan, Treforest. First Class Certificate of Competency.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Member of the British Tunnelling Society. Member, American Underground Construction Association. Member, Tunnelling Association of Canada. Member, World Rock Boring Association.
CAREER HISTORY 2003 - Date: Reference Editions Ltd Publisher. 2000 - Date: Accredited journalist, tunneljournalists.com 1999 - Date: Proprietor, tunnelbuilder (concurrent with above) 1987 - 2001: Editor, World Tunnelling magazine. 1985 - 1987: Marketing Director, Boart Exports Ltd. 1981 - 1985: Managing Director, Boart Zambia Ltd. 1973 - 1981: Mines Manager, British Gypsum Ltd. 1969 - 1973: Underground Manager, Roan Consolidated Mines Ltd. 1962 - 1969: Undermanager, British Coal.
KEY EXPERIENCE Project management - underground excavations for mines, including shaft drilling. Production management - drill/blast, crushing, loading and transportation in hard rock. Crisis management - relief and recovery from major underground disaster. Marketing - manufacturing and sales into mining and tunnelling sectors. Editorial production - launch editor of World Tunnelling and No-Dig International.
ASSIGNMENTS Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bhutan, Canada, China, Congo, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
RESUMÉ Mike Smith is a mining engineer with 35 years management experience in mining, underground construction, manufacturing, marketing, and publishing, together with associated publicity. He has managed mines of coal, copper and gypsum. He has also run mining equipment manufacturing and marketing concerns, and has launched two successful tunnelling magazines. For the last 15 years, he has worked closely with the world's largest manufacturers and contractors in the mining and tunnelling industries. During this time he has attended every significant conference and exhibition, and has undertaken assignments in 40 countries. Mike offers a full marketing service to the international tunnelling industry, including press release, newsletter and magazine production; professional web design; and internet publicity. All of these services are supported by the best database in the business and by www.tunnelbuilder.com, the gateway website for the tunnelling industry.