Bayram Artun's 22 years of mineral exploration experience has been directed towards base and precious metals exploration in Turkey and surrounding jurisdictions. He joined Teck in 1991 and exploring since then for variety of Cu, Au, Zn and Ni deposit types. He involved in management and execution of exploration programs in Americas including USA, Argentina, Peru and Chile. He has also coordinated Teck Turkish office Safety and Health program starting 2003 through 2012.

Bayram currently runs Teck’s Business Development and Evaluations programs focussing in Eastern Europe and Turkey. He holds BSc degree in Geological Engineering, from Middle East Technical University in Ankara and MSc on Mineral Exploration from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario-Canada. He is currently working at Özaltın company