QUALIFICATIONS
Diploma in Mineral Industries of Camborne School of Mines
BSc (Hons) Mining (2.2 Hons with ACSM), Camborne School of Mines
South African Mine Managers Certificate of Competency for Scheduled Mines

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology (UKSTT)

CAREER HISTORY
August 2004 to Date: Proprietor - NoDig Media Services
May 2003 to July 2004: Mining Communications Ltd
June 1989 to May 2003: The Mining Journal Ltd
May 1986 to June 1989: Brook Hunt & Associates Ltd (Mining Analysts)
August 1985 to May 1986: Geevor Tin Mines plc
May 1981 to March 1985: Goldfields of South Africa Ltd

KEY EXPERIENCE
Field Operations: Underground excavations, planning and environmental management for both Hard and soft rock mines.
Analyst: Mine production and financial analysis.
Publishing: Co-Editor - Tunnelling and Trenchless Construction magazine. Editor - No-Dig International magazine and Associate Editor World Tunnelling, Geodrilling International, Mining Journal and Mining Magazines.

ASSIGNMENTS
Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, U.K., U.S.A.

RESUMÉ
Ian Clarke spent the first part of his career as a frontline mining engineer working in both South Africa and the U.K. on gold, tin and coal mines. Responsibilities ranged from day-to-day management of safety, ore production, haulage tunnel excavation and shaft sinking (all including drill/blast, muck transport, personnel management and materials control) as well as mine planning and environmental engineering and monitoring.
For the past 16 years he has worked in technical publishing to the Tunnelling and Mining sectors, with special interest in the specialist small bore and pipelines sector known as Trenchless Technology. Here he has worked closely with many of the industry's major client companies, engineering consultants, manufacturers, contractors, government bodies and trade organisations. These technologies have included Microtunnelling/Pipe Jacking, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), Pipe Bursting/Replacement, Pipeline Rehabilitation (Lining and Repair), Utility Mapping and Pipeline Survey/Inspection.
Through his company NoDig Media Services, Ian now offers researching, writing, editing and design of articles, press releases, newsletters and magazine/supplement production for both hard copy and web based publishing, based on a background that has enabled him to develop solid, successful working relationships with a broad spectrum of people from CEO's through middle management to 'shop floor operators' and the general public.