Charles Gibson is director of mining at Edison Investment Research. A chemist by academic training, hespent a decade in the City as a mining analyst at Cazenove and a specialist mining salesman at T Hoare Canaccord, before joining Edison. He has extensive media experience, having written for MoneyWeek and The Business magazines, and The Evening Standard. Gibson is a leading authority on mining and continues to guest present for LBC on financial and business matters.