In the 2018 edition of the “One day in Europe” interview series, we are interviewing the Presidents of EFG’s national associations.

In March 2018, we have talked to Jiří Jiránek, President of the Czech Association of Economic Geologists (CAEG). Following his studies in geology at the Charles University of Prague, Jiří Jiránek has been working as a consultant and then as an owner of different companies in the field of minerals exploration. Since 1994 he has been employed by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and among other missions he has also been the Czech Ambassador in Chile and in Venezuela. Since 2017, he is the President of the Czech Association of Economic Geologists (CAEG).

CAEG is a voluntary professional organisation uniting specialists working in the exploration, research and exploitation of mineral deposits in the Czech Republic. CAEG’s mission is to represent the interests of its members and of the field of economic geology.

You can read the full interview here.