Management Team

Thomas E. Bowens

General Director

Thomas Bowens has over thirty years of international mineral exploration experience. After working in Mongolia with Harrods Minerals, Ivanhoe and later Lundin Mining, he then moved to Russia as Vice President of Exploration and Chief of Operations for Fortress Minerals Corporation. He led the Svetloye project exploration that led to a sale of the deposit to Polymetal. He later established IG Copper LLC and successfully organized a management buyout of Fortress for their 51% in the Malmyzh Copper Gold Project where Freeport McMoran was the 49% non-operating partner. Malmyzh, under the IG team, became one of the largest copper-gold deposits in the world with 7.2 million tons of copper equivalent and was sold to Russia Copper Corporation in 2018. For Svetloye and Malmyzh, Thomas E. Bowens was twice the recipient of the Russian Federation’s Discoverer Medals, the only non-Russian to achieve this distinction.

Vladislav Mramornov

Deputy General Director, Geology

Vladislav Mramornov has over 25 years of experience in exploration in Far East Russia. He has post graduate studies in Geology from the Far East Geological Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia. Awarded “Deposit Discoverer” medal and certificate from the Russian Federation’s Ministry for Natural Resources for his participation in the discovery of the Malmyzh copper gold deposit, where he planned and supervised the implementation of the exploration program, ensuring adherence to safety regulations, QA/QC control, geological modeling and proper reporting. Since 2012, he has led the exploration for Kolymageo clients’ exploration projects in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation, overseeing drill programs, core logging and collection of core data, sampling and sample preparation, trenching, mapping, geochemical surveying, helicopter assisted reconnaissance, and compliant resource reporting.

Steven McRobbie

VP of Exploration

Steve McRobbie has 30 years’ experience as a professional exploration and project director on gold, base metals, diamond and uranium projects, and has held senior management roles and directorships in Africa, Western Europe and the CIS having worked on a number of high-profile mine development projects in Central Asia and Russia. As Geology Manager for Kazakhmys Projects, Mr McRobbie was a key leader in the evaluation team which took the Bozshakol and Aktogay Copper Porphyry Deposits in Kazakhstan through Feasibility Studies and into development. As Exploration Manager for KAZ Minerals Projects he was involved in the purchase and subsequent evaluation of Koksay Copper Porphyry in Kazakhstan to PFS level, and also part of the Due Diligence team integral to the sale and purchase of Baimskaya Copper-Gold Complex in Chukotka, Russia, which includes Peschanka. He is not afraid to reassess and challenge preconceived views and bring fresh ideas, looking to add value to projects. Recently he was Regional Director for the CIS heading the business for an international UK-based mining consultancy. Mr McRobbie holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, an MSc in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines and is a Competent Person as defined by the JORC code (2012). He is responsible for driving the exploration strategy for all companies across the IG Global Group.