Emmanuel Appianing is a Ph.D. Natural Resources Engineering candidate (Major, Mining Engineering) at the Bharti School of Engineering and Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario Canada where he’s been researching in Strategic Mining Options Optimization for Resource Development Planning. He is an Alumnus of the University of Mines and Technology, UMaT (BSc -2013 and MPhil – 2015) and a lecturer at the Mining Engineering department of the University of Mines and Technology, UMaT. Currently, he serves as a Sessional Professor and Research Fellow for Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Research Corporation (MIRARCO) and the School of Business Administration, Laurentian University both in Sudbury. He is a founding member and WAIMM coordinator for WAIMM UMaT chapter – 2017