
DR. TIM SUN
Chairman
Hong Kong International Mining Association
Dr. Sun has over 30 years of experience in international mining. Dr Sun currently serves as an independent director of Hengxing Gold Holding Company Limited since May 2014, an emerging gold mining company listed in HKEx and as a Director of Minco Silver Corporation since 2011, a company listed in TSX.
Dr. Sun has been involved in the senior management of many overseas listed mining companies. Between 2011 to 2014 Dr. Sun served as the Director and Chairman of FeOre Ltd, a Mongolian iron mining company listed in ASX. Between 2002 to 2005, Dr. Sun worked in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (formerly Ivanhoe Mines Ltd), a TSX listed company, where he last served as the Chief Representative of China. Between 1999 to 2000, Dr. Sun worked as the Chief Representative of China in Griffin Mining Ltd, a London Stock Exchange (AIM)
listed company. Prior to it, Dr. Sun worked in Asia Minerals Corp, a TSXV listed company, where he last served as Vice-President between1993 to 1998.
Dr. Sun obtained a Ph.D in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada, in October 1993, a master’s degree in Mineral Processing Engineering from Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (北京礦冶研究總院) in 1985 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mineral Processing Engineering from Northeast University (東北大學) in June 1982.