Meet the CCE Mining team

Prior to joining CCE Mining, our team built its expertise across a broad portfolio of world-class mining projects, covering major international commodities and mining regions.



CCE Mining – Notre Équipe
Anas Touijar

Anas Touijar, P.Eng, MBA

President & CEO

President & CEO Seasoned mining engineer and executive with over 15 years of international experience across Canada, Morocco, and mining operations worldwide. Former Canada Lead for Mining Engineering at WSP (QP/Principal Engineer), with senior leadership roles at SNC-Lavalin, Nyrstar, and Unicor Industries. MBA from HEC Montréal.

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Omar Mouhyi

Omar Mouhyi, P.Eng

Vice President, Mining Engineer

Mining engineer specializing in mine planning and production scheduling, with experience at WSP and Newmont's Éléonore mine. His career also spans Agnico Eagle, OCP Group, and Managem, providing broad exposure to Canadian and international projects.

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Sergiu Stavila

Sergiu Stavila, P.Geo

Senior Exploration Geologist

Seasoned mining geologist with over ten years of experience in exploration, mine development, and project management. Known for his strategic leadership, he combines technical rigor with entrepreneurial vision on complex projects.

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Ian Crundwell

Ian Crundwell, P.Geo

Senior Resource Geologist

Professional geoscientist with over 30 years of experience in mineral resource estimation, geostatistical studies, and due diligence audits. Expertise spans gold, silver, PGMs, base metals, diamonds, and nickel across Canada, South Africa, Peru, Brazil, and beyond.

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Paul Gauthier

Paul Gauthier, P.Eng

Senior Mining Engineer

Over forty years of mining engineering experience in Quebec, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories. Recognized specialist in open pit design and bulk underground mining (Whittle®, Lerchs-Grossman), with feasibility studies led at Barrick Gold, Xstrata, De Beers, and Stornoway Diamonds.

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Ken Kuchling

Ken Kuchling, P.Eng

Senior Mining Engineer

Mining engineer with over forty years of open pit experience covering gold, copper, potash, diamonds, oil sands, and industrial minerals. Specialized in feasibility studies, NI 43-101 reports, tailings management, and economic analysis across multiple continents.

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Yemi Oyediran

Yemi Oyediran, Ph.D., P.Eng

Senior Metallurgical Engineer

Metallurgical engineer and consultant with over three decades of experience in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, and pyrometallurgy. Expertise spans iron and steel, base metals, precious metals, and green technologies including rare earths, scandium, graphite, and battery materials.

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Matt Gosselin

Matt Gosselin, P.Eng

Senior Mining Engineer

Competent/Qualified Person (CP/QP – NI 43-101, JORC, PERC) providing technical leadership from scoping to feasibility. Services include mine design, open pit optimization, equipment simulation, ore reserve estimation, and technical report authoring.

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Emilie Williams

Emilie Williams, P.Eng, M.Sc

Senior Mining Engineer

Over 15 years of experience in underground mining operations, bridging engineering with finance and management. Areas of expertise include technical review, mining strategy, economic analysis, and skills development. Advanced degrees in engineering and management.

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Hugo Dello Sbarba

Hugo Dello Sbarba, P.Eng, M.Sc

Ventilation Specialist

Quebec-licensed professional engineer with over 15 years in mine ventilation, including 4 years in operations. Former head of the mine ventilation engineering team at Howden Ventsim, with deep expertise in ventilation system modeling, simulation, and design.

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Nawfal El Mkadmi

Nawfal El Mkadmi, P.Eng

Rock Mechanics Engineer

Mining geotechnical and rock mechanics engineer with over 15 years of experience in Canada and internationally. Expertise covers geotechnical design, tailings dams, mine backfill, open pit and underground stability, and excavation support design.

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Alec Thomlison

Alec Thomlison, EIT

Mining Engineer in training (EIT)

Mining engineer in training with over five years of mine planning experience at Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL). Specialized in Deswik CAD and Deswik Scheduler, contributing to excavation and embankment planning for the Albian Oil Sands project. B.Eng. in Mining Engineering from McGill University.

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