Independent Mining Consultants

2015 Special Citation

Independent Mining Consultants, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona has been providing mine engineering consulting services to the global mining industry since 1963 with more than 250 different clients on over 500 projects.

Independent Mining Consultants, Inc. (IM) is a locally owned mining consulting firm incorporated in 1983 by John Marek, Michael Hester, and Herb Welhener.  Over the years, our staff has grown to 15 persons who have experience in a wide range of mineral commodities including base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals and aggregates.  The skills of IMC personnel include mineral deposit modeling, resource and reserve estimation, open pit mine planning, and mining cost estimation.

IMC has gained the reputation as one of the most reliable and cost effective sources of mine consulting services for the base and precious metals industries. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies, intermediate sized mines, diverse commodity producers and exploration firms. Our client list has grown to over 250 companies with over 500 projects world-wide in a variety of geologic and geographic environments.

We wish to thank the mining community for your support during the past years and IMC looks forward to serving our existing and new clients well into the future.