QUALIFICATIONS
HND (Mining), University of Glamorgan, Treforest.
First Class Certificate of Competency.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the British Tunnelling Society.
Member, Tunnelling Association of Canada.
Member, World Rock Boring Association.

CAREER HISTORY
2003 - Date: Publisher, Reference Editions Ltd.
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.
Internet - Proprietor tunnelbuilder.com

ASSIGNMENTS
Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Europe, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, 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 and a series of Reference Editions. For the last 20 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 46 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 tunnelbuilder.com, the gateway website for the tunnelling industry.