UMREK Workshop

24.02.2025

UMREK 2025 Workshop was held on February 24, 2025 at MTA Şehit Cuma Dağ Natural History Museum, Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Meeting Hall with the topic of UMREK Code Applications.

Opening speeches were made by Mr. Arslan NARIN, General Manager of MAPEG and UMREK Chairman, and Mr. Vedat Yanık, General Manager of MTA and UMREK Member, and nine speakers made presentations on UMREK Code Applications. The speakers and the titles of their speeches were as follows

- Hakan KAHRAMAN, “What is a Competent Person? What Is Not?”,

- Nuri CEYHAN “Yermam Membership and UMREK - Current Developments and Declaration of Competence Criteria”

- Aysu ÇALI, “CPD Practice and Practice”

- M. Ali AKBABA, “Classification of Mineral Resources according to CRIRSCO Harmonized Reporting Standards”

- Mesut SOYLU, UMREK Competent Person Experiences - Examples from Practice”

- Bayram ARTUN, “Ethical Experiences in Competent Person Practice”

- Jale Şakıyan ATEŞ, “ESG and Sustainability in UMREK Code & CRIRSCO Template”

- Zehra DEVECİ ARAL, “UMREK Code Application - MTA Practice”

- Tamer Kerim ALGÜN, “Amira Code-Accountable Production Reporting in Mines - Representative Sampling”

The last program of the workshop was the panel on “Good Practices and Problem Solutions of UMREK and Other Reporting Codes”. The panel was moderated by Mr. Hakan KAHRAMAN with Oktay Yazıcı (Mining Director - Kiremitçiler Gurup), Prof. Dr. Hakan Benzer (Hacettepe University), Halit Semih Demircan (General Manager - Gübretaş Maden Yatırımları A.Ş.).

Among the speakers; Zehra DEVECİ ARAL, member of the Board of Directors, “UMREK Code Application - MTA Practice” and Hakan KAHRAMAN, member of the Board of Directors, “What is a Competent Person? What is not a Competent Person?” and our member Hakan KAHRAMAN contributed with his presentations. Our member Hakan KAHRAMAN served as the moderator of the panel “Good Practices and Problem Solutions of UMREK and Other Reporting Codes” organized within the scope of the workshop.