Artyom Geghamyan is a mining executive, attorney, and corporate advisor with extensive experience across the public and private sectors, advising on strategic, legal, and institutional matters related to natural resources, investment, and industrial development.
Mr. Geghamyan currently serves as the Managing Partner of TABIA Legal & Advisory, an international legal and transaction advisory firm with a strong practice in mining and metals, defense technologies, telecommunications, banking, energy, and infrastructure projects. His work focuses on cross-border transactions, corporate structuring, regulatory matters, project development, finance, and international dispute resolution.
He also serves as the Executive Chairman of the International Chamber of Mines of Armenia (ICMA), a non-profit organization promoting responsible mining, sustainable resource development, ESG standards, and foreign direct investment into Armenia’s mining sector, while facilitating dialogue and cooperation among industry stakeholders, governments, investors, and local communities.
Previously, Mr. Geghamyan served as General Counsel of a major copper, gold, and molybdenum mining conglomerate, where he advised on a broad range of corporate legal matters, finance restructuring, international commodity sales, and international commercial arbitration. He was involved in a USD 320 million multi-jurisdictional mining dispute representing the interests of Armenian mining companies.
In the public sector, Mr. Geghamyan served as Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and as a member of Armenia’s Constitutional Reforms Commission.
Mr. Geghamyan holds a PhD in European Union Law and Integration from the Public Administration Academy of Armenia, an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law, and a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard Kennedy School. As an attorney Mr. Geghamyan is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, USA, and the Republic of Armenia.
Armenia at the Crossroads of Critical Minerals, Connectivity and Peace
Armenia is entering a new phase in its mining and metals story. For many years, the sector was viewed mainly through the lens of a traditional landlocked producer of copper, molybdenum and gold. That view is now too narrow. Recent developments in regional peace diplomacy, U.S.-Armenia relations and South Caucasus connectivity are creating a new framework in which Armenia can be seen not only as a source of mineral supply, but also as a future platform for value-added processing, logistics and strategic industrial cooperation.
Armenia’s mining potential should now be assessed through three connected dimensions. The first is its existing industrial base, led by major copper-molybdenum assets with proven operating scale and global relevance. The second is the emergence of a new policy architecture following the August 2025 Washington peace framework, the TRIPP connectivity initiative, and the May 2026 U.S.-Armenia Critical Minerals MOU, which prioritizes secure supply, geological mapping, permitting modernization, workforce development, technology transfer and downstream processing in Armenia. The third is regional connectivity. If peace implementation continues and corridor infrastructure becomes bankable, Armenia can become an important link between Central Asian resource flows, the South Caucasus, Türkiye and wider European and U.S. markets.
Armenia’s case is stronger than before, but success will depend on credible standards, predictable regulation, finance, offtake, and trusted long-term partners.
