Hikmet Akin

Dr Hikmet Akin has 34 years of experience in mining development and project evaluation; first gathered on base metal deposits in the NE Turkish Pontide belt. Since 1978, he has held various managerial and staff positions with Uranerz in Germany performing project evaluations and reserve estimations. During the 1990’s, he managed the mining and exploration activities of Uranerz in the USA and Canada as president of the local subsidiaries. From 1995-1998, Hikmet was president and CEO of the entire Uranerz Group comprising operations in Germany, Canada, USA, and Central Asia. Since 1998, he has been engaged in the coal mining/energy sector, becoming project director Australia for Rheinbraun AG (Germany) in cooperation with Consol Energy Inc. (USA). He has also advised the DEA regarding an oil and gas project in Kazakhstan. Since 2001, Hikmet has worked as an international consultant and executive in the resource sector, and served as a director on the Boards of various corporations.