Bob Jacko has more than 35 years of experience in both underground and open pit operations within North America. Mr. Jacko is a mining engineer with extensive experience in mine start-ups, project development, mature operations and closure. In the past eight years, Mr. Jacko has focused on engineering oversight working on a variety of preliminary economic assessments, pre-feasibility studies and feasibilities studies for mining projects. Prior to that, Mr. Jacko’s positions included, Vice President and General Manager, Projects for Thompson Creek Metals Inc., General Manager at the Pogo Mine in Alaska, General Manager at Red Dog Operations, Mine Manager at the Polaris Mine and Mine Manager at the Sullivan Mine.