Management - naranmandal.com

With its world-class management team, Naran Mandal is setting a new high standard for gold mining and exploration companies in Mongolia.

Michael Fischer

Chief Executive Officer

Michael Fischer is a professional mining engineer with more than 30 years of mine management experience, covering gold and base metals in South Africa, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Chile, and Kyrgyzstan. In his previous post, Michael served as President of Kumtor Gold Company, a multi-million ounce gold mine with more than 5,000 employees.

At Kumtor, Michael was instrumental in the recapitalization of the mine with capital expenditure of one billion dollars over three years, resulting in quantum increases in production from 280,000 tons to 600,000 tons per day, the extension of the life of mine from 2012 to 2026, and bringing mill throughput to 17,000 tons per day.

Richard Sawyer

Country Director

Richard Sawyer has more than 15 years of experience managing private and public sector projects in emerging markets and has successfully led diverse international teams on the ground in the U.S., China, and Central and South America. Richard has lived in Mongolia for the past seven years where he has developed several multi-million dollar projects, both in and out of the mining sector.

Richard holds a master’s degree in Economics and International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).