Michael Samis

Dr. Michael Samis, P.Eng. is a leading Integrated Valuation and Risk Modelling practitioner in the natural resource industries with more than 30 years of mining experience. He has extensive professional experience valuing base and precious metals, diamond, and petroleum projects with complex forms of flexibility and risk. His assignments have ranged from exploration stage to late-stage capital investments and have also included the analysis of project financing and contingent taxes. Mike has presented many professional courses on advanced valuation at universities, natural resource companies, and professional organizations worldwide and has published or presented numerous valuation papers about flexible pushback development, multi-stage exploration programs, windfall taxes, and the economic impact of project finance. Dr. Samis is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada, and a qualified person for project valuation under NI43-101 guidelines. In 2013, the Canadian Institute