Mining evaluator Herman Tso Chi-ming has a degree in civil engineering, an MBA, a Ph.D. in applied geology, another in civil engineering and a third on the way.
It’s a resume that helped him win contracts to appraise mines for at least 15 public Hong Kong companies, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of his company’s website and exchange filings. It has also put him at the center of a contentious dispute over the veracity of mining reports he wrote from 2010, a period when Hong Kong’s stock exchange was trying to establish a reputation for miner listings.
