Luís Martins is a geologist with over 40 years’ experience in the mining sector.
He graduated from the Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa (1973), has a Master’s degree in Economic Geology from the same faculty (1995) and has completed a number of national and international postgraduate courses.
He was Director of the Mineral Resources Department at the Geological and Mining Institute and Director of the Mines and Quarries Department at the Directorate General for Energy and Geology.
He was the Portuguese representative on the Raw Materials Supply Group of the European Commission’s DG Entreprise and Industry and is a member of the High-Level Group of the European Partnership on Raw Materials.
He has worked for several private prospecting and mining companies, namely in Canada and Turkey, and is currently a Director of 3 Canadian companies, being President and CEO of one of them, Fairchild Gold Corp, as well as chairing the Board of Directors of the Clusters Portugal Mineral Resources.
