Ilya Ayzikov, the leading partner, is a Metals and Mining analyst and project manager with ~15 years of experience in investments, project financing and managing of operating mines.

Over his professional path, Ilya has worked for global majors and junior miners (Norilsk Nickel, Highland Gold Mining, UC RUSAL, Great Dyke Investments) in the gold, PGM and base metals sectors in various developing and frontier jurisdictions mainly across the EMEA region including Russia, South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.

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Ilya holds an MSc (Mechanical Engineering) from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, an MSc (Finance, Hons) from Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and is on the way to obtaining a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation. Currently, Ilya is pursuing his MBA / MSc Minerals and Energy Economics degree at Curtin University (Western Australia).

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Ilya is a scholarship recipient from The Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer program (2023), a participant of the 2023 Curtin Ignition program.

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Ilya served as a Director on the Board of Norilsk Nickel Botswana and PT Norilsk Nickel Indonesia.