PAUL MOORE

Editorial Director of International Mining, and formerly Editor of Mining Magazine and Deputy Editor of Industrial Minerals Magazine, has degrees in both Mineral Deposit Evaluation and Geology as well as having worked on mineral exploration projects in Bolivia as a student. With 15 years of experience as a mining and minerals industry editor, based both in the UK and the US, Moore also has wide experience of founding and running industry related events and field trips, having organised and chaired them all over the world, from Indonesia, to Turkey, China, Canada, South Africa, Australia, the US, Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere. He also regularly visits mining operations to see new technology and methods in action, from coal mines in Svalbard and Russia, to iron ore in Brazil, zinc in India, copper in Chile, gold in PNG, oil sands in Canada, diamonds in Botswana, and many others.

DAN GLEESON

Editor of International Mining and former Editor of Mining Journal, Gleeson has been reporting on the industry for more than a decade. During this time, he has covered everything from mining equipment, metals pricing, futures markets, project finance, exploration strategies and corporate and social responsibility programmes. Gleeson has visited Australasia, Asia and both North and South America, in addition to regularly taking in mine and exploration sites in Europe. He has also attended and spoken at mining conferences at home and abroad, presenting on trends in project development and mine finance.