Dr Mark Yumin Qiu has more than 25 years' experience in the gold and iron ore industries and held a number of senior management roles in Australia and abroad. He is an internationally recognised and published Geological authority in Australia, China, Japan, France, Netherlands, UK and USA. Dr Qiu was granted various awards including the first prize of Technological Innovation by the State Gold Administration Bureau of China in 1993, Outstanding Young Scientists Award of Liaoning Province in 1993, a scholarship by the Australian government in 1994, and Honorary Citizen of Baishan City by Baishan government in 2006. Dr Qiu is a Member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists and received a Doctorate in Economic Geology from University of Western Australia in 1997.
