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, and the economic impact of project finance. Dr. Samis is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada. In 2013, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy awarded Mike with the Robert Elver Award for his contributions to the Canadian mining industry in the field of mineral economics. He was also the CIM’s 2017 Distinguished Lecturer for Mineral Economics. Mike holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia that combines the fields of mining engineering and finance. Dr. Samis was previously an Associate Partner and Senior Manager in the Toronto office of Ernst and Young’s Transaction Advisory Service for 11 years where he valued complex securities and derivatives in addition to his work in the mining industry. Before this, he worked for AMEC as the Technical Director of Mineral Economics for three years. He currently assists clients in the natural resource industries align their capital allocation decisions with their business strategy through SCM Decisions.