Glencore
2026-12 - 2026-12
Mine Planning Engineer
- Incoming one-month mine planning internship at Altyntau Kokshetau (Kazzinc), a Glencore open-pit subsidiary, on the open-pit to underground transition.
- Upcoming
- Internship
- Mine Planning
Yerkebulan Tazabek - Resume
Yerkebulan Tazabek
Senior mining engineering student with a minor in geology at Nazarbayev University. Experienced in core logging, geological mapping, geotechnical analysis, and fieldwork. Skilled in geological data analysis and passionate about mineral exploration. Two-time winner of IGeo and coach of the national geography team.
Work Experience
Nazarbayev University
2025-08 - Present
Research Assistant
- Working with Professor Milovan Fustic on Carboniferous–Devonian copper mineralization in the Chu-Sarysu Basin.
- Responsible for paleogeographic reconstruction, fieldwork, sampling, thin-section analysis, and outcrop modeling.
- Part-time
- Research
First Quantum Minerals
2025-05 - 2026-08
Field Geologist
- Conducted geological core logging, orientation, pXRF analysis, photographing, magnetic susceptibility, core recovery calculations, alteration intervaling, and geological modeling in a world-class copper exploration project.
- Two 3-month summer internships (2025 and 2026) and a 1-month winter internship, 300 km from the nearest city; facies modeling, paleontological core description, and Chu-Sarysu basin analysis.
- Internship
- Field Geology
SmartView Innovations
2024-10 - 2025-03
Member of Technical Staff
- Worked on fine-tuning YOLO Worldv8 models for mining sector applications, focusing on data labeling and hyperparameter optimization for real-time object detection.
- Contributed to a drone detection project with Brandt LLC (1.4M tenge monthly contract) that reduces wobbler inspection time from 4 hours to 20 minutes through AI-powered detection with 98.1% accuracy.
- Part-time
- Startup
- Mining
- AI
Daryn RSPC
2023-02 - Present
National Team Coach & Jury
- Created 120 unique tasks for municipal, regional, and national geography olympiads, specializing in geology, geomorphology, demographics, and urban studies; juried at the Republican Olympiad in 2024 and 2025 with 50,000+ participants across all cycles.
- Coached the national geography team; students achieved 2nd place in the team ranking at IGeo Bangkok 2025.
- Volunteering
- National Team Coach
- Jury
National Geographic Qazaqstan
2021-12 - 2023-01
Translator
- Published 25 National Geographic articles into the Kazakh language, reaching more than 14,000 online readers.
- Managed content on technical and space innovations and edited 11 articles contributed by others.
- Internship
- Translation
Education
Nazarbayev University
2023 - 2027
B.Sc. in Mining Engineering (Minor in Geology, GPA: 3.55/4)
Skills
- R
- HTML
- Python (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, PyTorch, OpenCV)
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- VS Code
- LaTeX
- SolidWorks
- Leapfrog Geo
- RS2
- RS3
- Micromine Beyond
- Micromine Origin
- Isatis.neo
- Petrel
- VentSim
- ArcGIS
- QGIS
- Pix4DMapper
- Imago Seequent
- LogChief
- Reflex IQ-Logger
- After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
Awards & Achievements
International Geography Olympiad
Silver medal, Istanbul 2021
International Geography Olympiad
Bronze medal, Paris 2022
International Earth Science Olympiad
Bronze medal, Aosta 2022
European Geography Olympiad
Bronze medal, Belgrade 2021
Republican Geography Olympiad
Gold 2022, 2021 | Silver 2020
KazMinerals Reacthon Hackathon
1st Place, 2025
Presidential Appreciation Letter
Sep 2022
El Maktanyshy Prize
$4594, Aug 2022